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SEYMOUR  DURST 


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Avery  Architectural  and  Fine  Arts  Library 
Gift  of  Seymour  B.  Durst  Old  York  Library 


PHELPS' 

STRAllRS  AND  CITIZEM 


NEW  YORK  CITY. 

WITH  MAPS  AND  ENGRAVINGS, 


Published  by  GAYLORD  WATSON, 

Successor  to  Phelps  &  Watson, 

16  beek:?ian  street,  n.  y. 


PREFACE. 


The  city  of  New  York  and  vicinity  contains  over  one  'million 
.of  inhabitants^  is  the  great  commercial  emporium  of  the  United 
States,  and  the  third  in  point  of  wealth  and  population  of 
the  cities  of  Christendom.  Already  its  directing  and  control- 
ling influence  in  nearly  every  department  of  life  is  felt  in  every 
portion  of  the  new  world,  and  in  no  slight  degree  in  every  section 
of  the  globe.  What  New  York  is  saying  and  doing  is  repeated 
and  copied  in  every  village  of  the  Republic. 

To  the  Resident  Citizen. 

Not  one  person  in  fifty  in  this  great  city  can  direct  the  stranger 
to  the  various  places  of  interest  to  be  found  in  and  around  the 
metropolis,  to  say  nothing  of  the  perplexity  that  often  occurs  in 
every  family  when  wishing  to  visit  the  various  institutions  in  the 
city  and  villages  around. 

A  moment's  glance  at  the  index  unll  at  once  decide  whether  the 
work  is  worth  the  trifling  sum  asked  for  it,  and  whether  any 
family  can  afford  to  do  without  it. 


Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1857,  , 
By  HUMPHREY  PHELPS, 
In  tiie  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  United  States,  in  and  for 
the  Southern  District  of  New  York. 


REMARKS. 


The  necessity  of  such  a  Guide  as  is  here  presented 
to  the  Public,  is  obvious  to  all. 

To  the  Citizen^  it  will  be  a  source  of  constant  reference 
to  assist  him  in  ascertaining  the  readiest  manner  of  dis- 
charging his  business  engagements,  in  finding  healthful 
recreation,  and  in  answering  the  ten  thousand  inquiries 
of  customers  and  visiters  respecting  the  different  places 
of  interest  in  and  around  the  city. 

To  every  Householder  it  will  be  worth  many  times  its 
trifling  cost,  as  will  be  seen  by  referring  to  the  copious 
index,  and  to  the  body  of  the  work. 

And  to  the  hundreds  of  thousands  of  Strangers  who 
annually  visit  the  Metropolis,  either  for  business  or 
pleasure,  this  little  work  will  be  of  incalculable  benefit. 
Almost  the  first  inquiry  of  the  stranger  after  arriving  in 
the  city  is,  where  are  the  objects  of  interest  and  attrac- 
tion, the  Places  of  Amusement,  the  Works  of  Art,  the 
Public  Buildings,  the  Churches,  Institutions,  and  Hotels. 
Particularly  for  this  class  we  have  at  much  labor  and 
expense  prepared  this  Guide,  and  trust  it  is  all  that 
could  be  desired.  It  will  be  found  very  full,  though 
brief,  which  will  make  it  not  only  a  decided  convenience 
while  in  the  city,  but  a  source  of  entertainment  at  home.' 


ADVICE  TO  STI^ANGERS. 


The  limits  of  tiais  work  render  it  impossible  to  give  the  location  or  de- 
scribe a  multitude  of  "  sights"  that  abound  in  and  around  this  metropolis. 
As  it  regards  the  places  of  amusement  that  are  not  mentioned  iu  this 
book,  there  are  other  reasons  than  want  of  room  why  they  are  not  in- 
serted. The  first  is,  there  are  some  places  where  the  morals  of  strangers 
or  citizens  will  not  be  particularly  improved  by  visiting,  to  say  nothin<.' 
of  the  bodily  danger  one  incurs,  especially  in  the  evening  and  unattended'. 
But  another  cause  exists  that  renders  it  certain  that  the  public  will  be 
misled,  namely,  that  many  of  the  exhibitions  are  constantly  changing 
their  location,  and  an  edition  of  the  book  would  be  needed  weekly  to 
make  it  a  reliable  guide.  The  flaming  show-bills  that  adorn  the  fences 
and  show-boards,  as  well  as  the  daily  papers,  will  readily  guide  the  in- 
quirer to  places  where  he  can  spend  his  three  cents  or  one  dollar  as  often 
as  he  pleases,  until  he  finds  that  "  this  is  a  great  country,"  where  he  oc- 
casionally may  be  "taken  in." 

Hotels  are  numerous  and  easily  found,  where  the  price  of  board 
varies  from  twelve  to  thirty  dollars  per  week,  according  to  the  celebrity 
uf  the  house,  and  accommodation  required. 

Eating-Houses.— If  one  starves  in  New  York,  it  will  not  be  because 
provision  lias  not  been  made  for  supplying  his  wants.  In  these  houses 
one  can  obtain  almost  any  article  of  food  at  a  moment's  notice.  The 
charges  are  from  six  cents  upward.  In  some  of  these  houses  good  lodg- 
ing-rooms can  be  had  for  three  dollars  per  week.  At  some  of  the  cheap 
(often  dear)  lodging-houses  where  gilt  or  illuminated  signs,  Lodgings, 
12^  cents,''  are  conspicuous,  a  person  might  not  be  safer  than  in  the 
Astor  House.    A  little  caution  here  may  not  be  amiss. 

Omnibuses.— There  are  hundreds  of  these  carriages  running  con- 
stantly to  almost  every  pai  t  of  the  city  south  of  Fiftieth  street,  with  the 
principal  streets  through  which  they  pass  distinctly  marked  upon  them. 
Fare  10  cents. 

Crry  EAiLROADS.—Cars  run  on  the  principal  avenues  and  on  several 

of  the  cros.s  streets,  to  nearly  all  points  of  the  city.    Fare  10  cents. 

Pickpockets  are  found  among  crowds  around  the  doors  of  places  of 
amusement,  in  railroad  cars,  and  omnibuses,  who  are  very  expert  at  their 
calling,  and  appear  like  gentlemen.  Occasionally  one  of  them  will  be 
found" in  an  omnibus  or  railroad  car,  with  his  hand  thrust  into  his  over- 
coat pocket,  which  happens  to  be  minus  of  a  bottom  ;  and  soon  the  un- 
ruly hand  finds  its  way  into  a  gentleman's,  and  often  into  a  lady's  pocket, 
cautiously  transferring  the  "  deposites"  to  his  own,  when  he  immediately 
has  an  occasion  to  take  some  other  route.  Large  sums  of  money  ought 
to  be  deposited  in  a  bank  or  with  some  tried  friend,  or  effectually  con- 
cealed about  the  person,  and  avoid  showing  your  money  am«ng  strarjgers. 

Carriages  and  Porters  (see, page  62). — It  is  well  always  to  make  a 
contract  (specifying  how  much  luggage  there  is  to  carry)  for  the  services 
to  be  rendered,  with  the  one  that  accompanies  the  carriage.  To  prevent 
dispute,  never  employ  a  carriage  or  porter  that  has  not  his  number  well 
displayed.  If  boys  are  employed  to  carry  luggage,  it  is  well  to  accom- 
pany them. 

Brass  Watches  (repreeented  as  gold)  are  often  offered  in  the  streets 
to  strangers,  by  men  who  must  be  off  in  the  "  boat,"  or  "  railroad,"^  and 
must  part  with  their  good  timepiece  at  half  its  value.  If  the  trick' suc- 
ceeds, the  purchaser  will  soon  ascertain  that  "  all  is  not  gold  that  glitters.'" 

Beware  of  Mock  Auctions.— They  are  often  located  in  streets  where 
you  would  not  suspect  their  character.  Strangers  can  not  safely  buy  at 
auctions  in  the  city. 


CONTENTS. 


PAGE 

Academy,  Free   41 

Agreement,  Landlord  &  Tenant  71 

American  Bible  Society  39 

Apprentices'  Library   46 

Asylum,  Deaf  and  Dumb. ..  26 

Asylum,  Leake  and  Watts  Or 

phan   24 

Asylum,  New  York  Orphan  22 

Asylum,  New  York  Insane   67 

Asylum,  New  York  Juvenile. .. .  34 
As  tor  Library,  45 

Banks  in  New  York   56 

Batteiy   47 

Bellevue  Hospital  37 

Bible  House   39 

Biackwell's  Island  67 

Blind  Institution   26 

Bloomingdale  Insane  Asylum. --  34 

Bloomingdale  Square   49 

Bowling  Green   47 

Brooklyn   69 

Calvary  Cemetery   68 

Cartmen,  Rates  of  Fare  61 

Castle  Garden   47 

Cemeteries   67 

Census  of  New  York   11 

Central  Park  50 

Charitable  Institutions  20 

Churches  in  New  York  53-55 

City-Hall   17 

City-Hall  Park   47 

City  Ptai]  road  Routes  ^,  60 

City  Prison  20 

Clifton,  Staten  Island  66 

Coaches.  Legal  Rates  of  Fare. . .  63 

Colored  Home   33 

Colored  Orphan  Asylum   24 

Colleges  40-44 

College  of  Physicians  and  Sur 

geons   44 

Columbia  College   40 

Cooper  Institute   41 

Court- House,  New   19 

Croton  Aqueduct   ,50 

Croton  Reservoirs  

Custom -Housf   15 

Cypress  Hill  Cemetery.   6P 


PAGE 

[Deaf  and  Dumb  Asylum   26 

Dispensaries  

Distances  in  New  York  City  57 

Episc.  Theological  Seminary...  42 
Evergreens,  Cemetery  of  the...  68 
Exemption   of  Property  from 
Sale  for  Rent   71 

Female  Guardian  Society  and 

Home  for  the  Friendless  28 

Ferries   57 

Fire  Districts  in  New  York  58 

Fire  Insurance  Ctjmpanies  57 

Five  Points  House  of  Industry..  30 

Five  Points  Mission  . .  32 

Free  Academy   41 

General  Information  64,  65 

Governor's  Island   66 

GramercyPark  49 

Greenwood  Cemetery   67 

Hackney  Coaches  and  Carriages  63 
Halls  oi  Justice  and  City  Prison  30 

Hall  of  Records  19 

Hamilton  Square  49 

High  Bridge   5L 

Historical  Sketch  of  the  City  ...  9 
Historical  Society,  New  York...  45 

Hoboken   62 

Home,  Colored...   33 

Home  for  the  Friendless   2tJ 

Hospital  Accommodations  in  and 

about  Now  York  37 

Hospital,  Bellevue   37 

Hospital,  New  York   36 

Hotels   72 

House  of  Refugo   33 

Insane  Asylum,  Bloomingdale..  34 

Insane  Asylum,  New  York  67 

Institutions,  Location  of  Various  64 

Instirution  for  the  Blind  26 

In.surHnce  Companies   56 

Islands  near  the  City.   66 

Jersey  City  62 

Ju vol. lie  Asylum,  flew  York   34 


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CONTENTS.  ^ 


PAGE 

Landlord's  and  Tenant's  Agree- 
ment 70,  71 

Law  Institute  Library   46 

Lej^e  and  Watts  Orphan  Asy- 
lum  24 

Libraries,  Public  45 

Madison  Square  49 

Manhattan  Square  49 

Markets   59 

Marine  Insurance  Companies...  56 

Medical  College,  New  York  44 

Medical  College,  University   44 

Medical  College  of  Physicians 

and  Surgeons   44 

Mercantile  Library  Association.  46 

Merchants'  Exchange   11 

Mount  Morris  Square  ''  9 

Navy  Yard,  Brooklyn   6y 

New  Brighton   66 

New  York,  Description  of   9 

New  York  Hospital   36 

New  York  Orphan  Asylum   22 

New  York,  Population  of.   11 

New  York  Society  Library   45 

Omnibuses  61 

Orphan  Asylum,  Colored   24 

Orphan  Asylum,  New  York  22 

Orphan  House,  Leake  and  Watts  24 

Parks,  Public  47-50 

Postoffice   13 

Porters,  Public   62 


PAGE 

Population  of  New  York.   11 

Printers'  Free  Library   46 

Railroad  Depots   60 

Railroad  Routes,  City   60 

Randall's  Island   67 

Reservoirs,  Croton   52 

Rotunda   19 

Rutgers  Female  Institute   41 

Savings  Banks   56 

Seminaries,  Theological   44 

Societies  and  Institutions,  Loca- 
tion of   64 

Society  Library,  New  York   45 

Station  Houses   60 

Staten  Island   66 

St.  John's  Park.   48 

Stuyvesant  Park   49 

Telegraph  Station   59 

Theological  Seminaries   44 

Tomba,  or  City  Prison   20 

Trinity  Church   15 

Trinity  Cemetery   68 

Union  Park   48 

Union  Theological  Seminary   44 

University,  Medical  College   44 

University  of  the  City  of  New 

York   40 

Ward's  Island   67 

Washington  Square   48 

Williamsburgh...-.   69 


ILLUSTRATIONS 


Map  of  New  York.  

Map  of  Places  around  New  York 
Birdseye  View  of  New  York.... 

Coat-of-Arms  of  New  York   9 

Merchants'  Exchange   12 

The  Customhouse   14 

Trinity  Church   16 

The  City-Hall   18 

Th^.  City  Prison  or  Tombs  21 


PAGE [  PAGE 

New  York  Orphan  Asylum   23 

Deaf  and  Dumb  Asylum  25 

Institution  for  the  Blind  27 

Home  for  the  Friendless  23 

Five  Points  House  of  Industiy..  31 
Bloorqingdale  Insane  Asylum...  35 

The  Demilt  Dispensary   38 

The  Cooper  Institute   43 

The  High  Bridge  51 


NEW  YORK. 


The  metropolis  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  the 
most  populous  city  and 
the  greatest  emporium  in 
the  Western  World,  and 
(with  its  suburbs,  Brook- 
lyn, Jersey  City,  and 
Hoboken,  &c.),  the  third 
in  point  of  population  of 
the  cities  of  Christendom, 
is  situated  on  Manhattan 
Island,  at  the  junction  of 
the  Hudson  and  East 
Rivers,  and  eighteen  miles 
from  the  Atlantic  Ocean. 
The  city  and  county  are 
comprised  in  limits  em- 
bracing the  whole  of 
Manhattan  Island,  thir- 
Coat.of.Ana.  of  Neiv  York  City.  ^ccn  and  a  half  mUes  in 
length,  and  about  two  miles  in  its  greatest  breadth.  Prob- 
ably no  city  has  a  more  Ij.eterogeneous  population  than  New 
York.  Here  may  be  found  representatives  of  almost  every 
nation  on  the  globe,  from  the  most  highly  civilized  down  to 
the  most  degraded. 

A  splendid  view  of  the  city  and  surrounding  country  may 
be  had  from  Trinity  Church  steeple,  which  is  situated  in 
Broadway,  at  the  head  of  Wall  street.  The  view  from  this 
elevation  is  enchanting.  Facing  to  the  north  and  west  we 
see  the  Highlands,  and  the  Palisades,  along  which  flows  the 
Hudson,  bearing  on  its  bosom  the  rich  fleets  of  merchandise 
from  the  interior,  ready  to  be  transported  to  the  forest  of  ships 
of  all  nations  lying  at  Ihe  wharves  at  our  feet.    The  flagstaff 


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NEW  YORK. 


among  the  ruins  of  old  Fort  Washington,  where  three  thou 
sand  patriots  were  made  prisoners  in  1776,  may  be  discovered. 
Near  the  southern  termination  of  the  Palisades,  is  another 
staff,  from  which,  at  present,  are  attached  the  telegraphic  wires 
that  stretch  across  the  river ;  this  marks  the  location  of  Fort 
Lee,  which  fell  into  the  hands  of  the  British  soon  after  Fort 
Washington  was  captured.  There,  too,  is  Weehawken,  nest- 
led amjong  the  hills,  between  which  and  the  river,  is  a  beauti- 
ful valley,  where  General  Hamilton  fell  in  a  duel  with  Aaron 
Burr.  Following  the  Jersey  shore  down  the  river,  Elysian 
fields  are  everywhere  visible,  among  which  is  discovered  the 
growing    City  of  Hoboken. 

Jersey  City  next  appears  in  this  beautiful  panorama,  cover- 
ing a  peninsula,  and  stretching  back  toward  the  Bergen  hills. 
Beyond  Jersey  City'we  discover  Newark,  the  largest  city  in 
New  Jersey,  whose  white  houses  glittering  in  the  morning 
sun,  seem  to  recline  like  marble  monuments  upon  the  bosom 
of  the  hills. 

Sweeping  round  the  bay,  there  is  Staten  Island,  green  and 
beautiful ;  New  Brighton,  Richmond,  Tompkinsville,  and  the 
Quarantine.  On  these  green  hills  of  Staten  Island,  the  British 
and  Hessian  troops  first  encamped  after  their  long  voyage. 

To  the  east,  across  a  narrow  channel,  built  on  the  ground 
from  which  our  fathers  watched  the  landing  of  hostile  troops 
on  our  shores,  and  where  they  fought  and  fell  in  defence  of 
liberty,  is  Brooklyn,  the  "city  of  churches.''  Beyond  this 
beautiful  city,  we  discover  the  hills  of  Greenwood  cemetery, 
the  city  of  the  dead. 

Adjoining  Brooklyn,  on  the  northeast,  is  Williamsburgh, 
spreading  out  in  every  direction  upon  a  gentle  slope  from  the 
water.  Adjoining  this  rapidly  growing  portion  of  Brooklyn, 
along  the  shores  of  the  East  River,  are  the  beautiful  villages 
of  Greenpoint,  Ravenswood,  and  Astoria  ;  while  beyond  them 
are  seen  the  spires  of  Newtown  and  Flushing,  and  the  tower 
on  Cypress  Hill,  where  is  located  the  largest  cemetery  in 
America.  Beyond  this  appears  the  broad  Atlantic,  on  whose 
bosom  the  whitened  sails  of  our  European  packets,  and  the 
black  hulls  of  our  ocean  steamers,  may  be  seen  while  they  are 
yet  at  the  distance  of  forty  to  fifty  miles  from  Sandy  Hook. 
The  East  River  stretches  away  in  the  same  direction,  broken 
by  Blackweirs  Island,  with  its  prison  and  alms-house,  follow- 
ing which  we  may  discover  Fort  Schuyler  upon  Throg's  Point, 
where  the  army  of  General  Howe  first  touched  our  continent. 

There  can  be  no  more  lovely  scene  than  is  exhibited  in 
looking  down  upon  the  city.  Broadway  running  through  the 
*  NoTv  united  with  Brooklyn. 


THE  MERCHANTS  EXCHANGE. 


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ceiitie  of  the  city,  lengthwise,  a  living  panorama  of  modern 
and  American  enterprise ;  the  Fifth  avenue,  lined  for  miles 
with  princely  mansions  ;  the  Bowery,  and  the  various  avenues 
cut  at  right  angles  by  a  hundred  streets ;  the  Battery ;  the 
Park ;  and  the  numerous  public  squares  filled  with  trees  and 
playing  fountains  ;  and  the  spacious  harbors  filled  with  ships, 
alTord  a  picture  the  most  beautiful  and  magnificent. 

New  York  was  discovered  by  Hendrick  Hudson,  September 
6, 1609,  and  was  settled  by  the'Dutch  in  1612,  who  built  a  fort 
in  1623  on  the  south  point  of  the  island,  and  in  1642  a  Dutch 
church  was  erected  within  the  fort.  In  1688  the  assessors' 
valuation  of  property  in  the  city  was  £78,231  sterling.  The 
British  had  possession  of  the  city  during  most  of  the  war  of 
the  Revolution.  They  evacuated  it  November  25, 1783,  tvhen 
the  troops  of  General  Washington  entered  it.  The  first  Con- 
gress met  here  in  1785,  and  here  General  Washington  was 
inaugurated  first  president  of  the  United  States,  April  30, 
1789. 

The  city  has  several  times  been  visited  by  very  extensive 
conflagrations,  the  most  destructive  of  which  occurred  on  the 
night  of  December  16,  1835,  w^hich  swept  over  forty  acres, 
consuming  six  hundred  and  fifty-six  buildings,  and  destroj- 
mg  property  valued  at  $20,000,000. 

Population  of  the  City  at  Various  Periods. 

1650  estimated   850 

1675  estimated   2,500 

1696  official   4,302 


1731    8.628 

1756    10,381 

1773    21.794 

1786   23.743 

1790    33.131 

1800    60,489 


1810    96,373 

1820    123,706 

1825    166,089 

1830    202588 

1835    270,068 

1840    312,852 

1845    371  22B 

1850    515,394 

1855    659  810 

1860    813. 6P8 

1S65,  estimated. .  .1.000,000 


n-House.— Formerly  Merchants'  Exchange. 

xT^'^lf^t.rM??*^^"^  occupies  the  entire  block  of  ground  between 
VVall,  William,  Hanover  streets,  and  Exchange  place  the 
same  site  of  the  former  Exchange,  w^hich  was  destroyed  in 
the  great  fire  in  1835.  It  is  built  in  the  most  substantial 
manner,  of  Qiimcy  granite,  and  is  fire-proof.  It  is  200  br 
171  feet,  77  high  to  the  cornice,  and  124  to  the  top  of  the 
dome.  A  recessed  portico  fronts  on  Wall  street,  in  which  are 
18  Grecian  columns,  38  feet  high,  and  4 J  feet  in  diameter  at 


THE  POSTOFFICE. 


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their  baiso.  Each  is  formed  from  a  single  block,  and  weighs 
from  43  to  45  tons.  Their  entire  cost  was  $55,000.  The 
rotunda,  which  is  the  principal  room,  is  in  the  centre  of  the 
building.  Its  diameter  is  80  feet,  and  its  height  the  same. 
It  is  surmounted  by  a  dome,  in  which  there  is  a  large  sky 
light,  rising  from  the  centre,  resting  in  part  on  8  Corinthian 
fluted  columns,  of  Italian  marble,  41  feet  high,  and  5  feet  in 
diameter. 

It  was  leased  to  the  United  States  Government  in  1862, 
for  a  Custom-House. 

It  cost,  including  the  ground,  $1,500,000.  Open  free  to 
visitors  from  10  A.  M.  to  3  P.  M. 


POSTOPFICE, 


The  building  occupied  by  the  Postoffice  formerly  belonged 
to  the  corporation  of  the  Middle  Dutch  Church,  and  was  their 
place  of  iworship  from  1695  to  1844.  A  great  portion  of  the 
wood- work  of  the  steeple,  completely  wTought,  w^as  brought 
from  Holland  ;  the  building  itself  is  of  stone.  In  1844,  the 
general  government  leased  it  for  the  purposes  of  a  Post- 
office,  and  purchased  it  in  1861,  for  $250,000.  It  is  the 
oldest  church  edifice  now  remaining  in  the  city. 

It  has  in  aU  about  250  employees : — 84  letter  carriers, 
28  collectors  from  lamp-boxes,  7  stations  in  the  upper  part 
of  the  city,  4  deliveries  of  letters  daily,  and  5,000  boxes, 
which  are  rented  for  the  accommodation  of  down-town 
business  firms,  The  carriers'  district  extends  to  55th 
street,  from  river  to  river. 

OFFICE  HOUES. 
This  office  is  kept  open  continuously,  except  Sundcavs.    A  clerk  is  in 

attendance  at  the  night  window,  from  '^.30  P.  M.  to  1.30  A.  M. 
Sundays  the  Postoffice  is  open  from  9  to  10  A.  M.,  and  from  12.30  to 

1.30  P.  M.   But  the  Stations  are  open  from  6.30  A.  M.  to  9  P.  M.,  and 

on  Sundays  from  9  to  10  A.  M. 

LOCATION  OF  POSTOFFICE  STATIONS. 

Station  A.  129  Sprinjr  street;  Station  B,  352  Grand  street;  Station  C, 
corner  of  Troy  and  Fourth  streets;  Station  D,  12  Bible  House,  Astor 
Place;  Station  E,  36S  Eighth  Avenue;  Station  F,  408  Third  Avenue; 
Station  O,  1259  Broadway. 

Lamp-post  Box  collections  are  mada  six  times  a  day,  commencing  at 
9i  A.M..  and  closing  nt  8^  P.M.  On  Sundays  only'one  collection  is 
made,  viz.,  at  Si  P.  M. 


TiiiXITY  (JHUKCH. 


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XI.  S.  Treasury  Building.— Formerly  Custom-House* 

This  building  stands  on  the  comer  of  Wall  and  Nassau 
streets,  extending  through  to  Pine  street.  It  occupies  the 
ground  where  once  stood  the  old  Federal  Hall,  in  the  open 
gallery  of  which  General  Washington  was  inaugurated  the 
first  president  of  the  United  States  of  North  America.  It  is 
unsurpassed  in  the  beauty  of  its  design,  and  durability  of  its 
construction.  The  principal  material  is  white  marble,  from 
Massachusetts.  Its  style  of  architecture  is  purely  Doric,  in 
imitation  of  the  Parthenon  at  Athens.  The  building  is  in  the 
form  of  a  parallelogram,  200  feet  long,  and  90  wide ;  the 
height  is  80  feet.  Fronting  on  Wall  street  is  a  portico,  with 
8  Doric  columns,  32  feet  high,  and  5  feet  10  inches  in  diameter. 
This  is  reached  by  a  flight  of  18  granite  steps. 

The  rotunda,  or  principal  hall  for  the  transaction  of  busi- 
ness, is  60  feet  in  diameter,  and  is  lighted  by  a  skylight  from 
the  top.  The  dome  is  supported  by  16  Corinthian  columns, 
adorned  with  caps  of  exquisite  workmanship.  The  roof  is  of 
granite.  The  whole  was  eight  years  in  building,  at  a  cost  of 
nearly  $2,000,000. 

Visiters  can  have  access  from  10  A.  M.  to  3  P.  M. 


TRINITY  CHFRCH. 

This  elegant  stmcture  is  situated  upon  Broadway,  at  the 
head  of  Wall  street,  and  appropriately  keeps  "watch  and 
ward"  over  the  street  morals  of  that  court  of  Mammon.  The 
coi:poration  is  one  of  the  oldest,  and  by  far  the  wealthiest  of 
the  kind  in  the  United  States.  Its  riches  consist  principally 
of  real  estate  in  the  city  of  New  York,  now  valued  at  several 
millions  of  dollars.  The  f  rst  place  of  worship  in  the  city  was 
a  small  wooden  building  ih  the  fort  at  Bowling-Green,  and 
known  as  the  Dutch  church.  When  the  English  took  posses- 
sion of  the  city  in  1664,  episcopal  sendee  was  held  there,  and 
it  was  called  the  king's  chapel."  This  was  the  parent  of  the 
episcopal  churches  in  America.  TLie  first  edifice  erected  upon 
its  present  site  was  reared  in  1696,  during  the  reign  of  William 
and  Mary.  Queen  Anne  endowed  it,  and  presented  it  witli 
silver  communion  plate.  The  building  was  enlarged  in  1735, 
and  again  in  1737.  In  the  great  conflagration  in  1776,  it  was 
destroyed,  and  was  not  rebuilt  until  after  the  war.  The  new 
edifice  was  completed  in  1790.  In  1839  it  was  demolished, 
and  the  present  costly  structure  was  commenced.  It  wa-^. 
completed  in  1846. 


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TRirsiTi  orfURCH. 


The  material  of  which  Trinity 
Church  is  built  is  a  handsome  brown 
stone  from  New  Jersey.  The  archi- 
tect was  Mr.  Upjohn  ;  the  ornamental 
stonework  was  wrought  under  the 
direction  of  the  late  Mr.  Thom,  the 
Scotch  sculptor,  whose  beautiful 
composition  of  Old  Mortality," 
graces  the  entrance  to  Laurel  Hill 
cemetery,  near  Philadelphia.  The 
edifice  is  192  feet  in  length,  by  80 
in  width,  with  walls  60  feet  hi^h. 


The  style  is  Grothic,  of  the  chastest  character.  The  to  wet 
and  spire,  the  most  elaborate  and  costly  in  this  country,  rise 
to  an  altitude  of  284  feet.  In  the  tower  is  an  excellent  chime 
of  bells,  whicn  send  forth  their  music  every  day.  The  tower 
and  spire  are  open  to  visiters  daily,  except  on  Sunday  and 
during  the  morning  and  evening  service  which  occur  from 
iine  to  half-past  nine  in  the  morning,  and  from  three  to  half- 
past  three  in  the  afternoon.  Visiters  may  ascend  by  the  spiral 
stairway  of  308  steps  to  the  height  of  250  feet,  where  they  can 
obtain  a  magnificent  view  of  the  city  and  surrounding  scenery 


TnE  CITY-HALL. 


17 


THE  CITY-HALL. 

The  City-llall  may  be  regarded  as  one  of  the  finest  speci- 
mens of  architectural  beauty  of  any  building  in  the  city,  and 
with  the  exception  of  the  Capitol  at  Washington,  second  to 
none  in  the  country.  It  stands  in  the  midst  of  a  beautiful 
park  of  about  ten  acres,  and  shows  to  great  advantage.  It  is 
216  feet  long,  105  broad,  and  65  feet  high,  and  combines  the 
Ionic,  Corinthian,  and  Composite  orders  of  architecture,  rising 
in  regular  gradations.  The  front  and  ends,  from  the  base- 
ment, are  built  of  white  marble  from  Stockbridge,  Massachu- 
setts ;  the  rear  of  freestone  from  New  York.  Rising  from  the 
centre  of  the  roof  is  a  cupola,  overlooking  a  large  part  of  the 
city,  in  which  is  stationed  a  sentinel  whose  business  it  is  to 
give  alarm  in  case  of  fire.  On  the  top  of  this  cupola  is  a 
figure  of  Justice.  A  little  beneath  is  a  four-dial  clock,  of 
superior  workmanship,  and  is  beautifully  illuminated  at  night. 
By  the  side,  in  the  rear,  rises  a  tower,  in  which  there  is  a 
massive  bell,  weighing  9,910  lbs.,  and  which  is  rung  only  in 
case  of  fire,  or  tolled  at  the  funeral  of  an  ofiic^  of  government. 
Its  deep  tones  can  be  heard  for  several  miles  distant. 

This  building  contains  a  large  number  of  rooms  for  various 
purposes.  In  the  basement  is  the  commissioner  of  juries, 
also  the  office  of  the  chief  of  police,  the  sheriff's  jury,  &c. 
On  the  first  floor  is  the  mayor's  offi'-e,  the  county  clerk's,  city 
library,  clerk  of  the  common  council,  &c.  Ascending  by  a 
winding  flight  of  stairs  to  the  second  story,  we  find  the 
governor's  room,  52  by  20  feet.  This  is  principally  used  for 
the  reception  of  distinguished  visiters.  It  is  decorated  with 
the  finest  portraits  of  the  presidents  of  the  United  States, 
goternors  of  the  state,  and  mayors  of  the  city,  together  with 
the  naval  and  military  heroes,  and  most  honored  statesmen 
of  our  country.  Here  >nay  be  seen  the  writing-desk  of 
Washington,  upon  which  he  penned  his  first  message  to  Con- 
gress. In  the  wings  are  the  common  council  chambers  for 
the  aldermen  and  assistant-aldermen.  The  aldermen's  is  fur- 
nished with  the  chairs  used  by  the  first  Congress,  and  the  one 
occupied  by  the  mayor  is  that  in  which  the  immortal  Wash- 
ington was  inaugurated  first  president  of  the  United  States. 
The  other  rooms  are  used  for  various  courts.  This  edifice 
was  nine  years  in  building,  and  cost  $538,734. 

Open  for  visiters  at  all  hours  of  the  day. 

The  growth  of  the  city  is  so  rapid,  that  the  present  hall  is 
insufficient  for  municipal  requirements,  and  arrangements  are 
now  in  progress  for  its  enlargement. 


NEW  COURTHOUSE- 


; — THE  ROTUNDA. 


19 


THE  HALL  OF  RECORDS. 

This  building  is  situated  in  the  Park,  a  short  di.Ntanoe 
northeast  of  the  City- Hall.  It  was  built  of  coarse  brown 
stone,  and  used  as  a  city  prison.  During  the  prevalence  of 
the  cholera  in  1S32,  it  wiis  converted  into  an  hospital.  Since 
that  time  the  interior  has  been  thoroughly  remodelled,  and 
made  fireproof,  the  exterior  stuccoed  in  imitation  of  marble, 
and  a  portico,  supported  by  four  Ionic  pillars,  added  to  each 
end,  givmg  it  a  neat  and  graceful  appearance.  It  now  con- 
tains the  cx.  mtj  clerk's  office,  in  which  the  records  of  the  city 
are  kept;  also,  offices  for  the  comptroller,  surrogate,  and 
street  commissioner. 

This  was  the  old  provost-jail  of  New  York,  where  the 
notorious  Cunningham  exercised  his  cruel  authority  over  the 
I  American  prisoners  captured  at  the  battle  of  Long  Island, 
Foit  Washington,  and  elsewhere;  and  from  its  walls  that 
young  mart\T,  Captain  Nathan  Hale,  was  led  out  to  execu- 
tion on  the  gallows,  which  stood  in  Chambers  street,  opposite 
the  Park. 


NEW  COURTHOUSE. 


At  the  northeast  corner  of  the  Park  stands  a  splendid  fire-proof  brown  stone  building, 
105  feet  long  by  72  feet  wide,  three  stories  in  height  on  the  Park,  and  four  on  Chamber* 
street.  It  ii  occupied  by  the  supreme,  superior,  and  marine  courts,  the  court  of  sessions, 
recorder,  city-judge,  district-attorney,  tax  commissioners,  and  collector  of  taxes. 

At  the  northeast  corner  of  the  Park,  another  brown  stone  building  has  been  erected,  70 
feet  long  by  55  feet  wide,  which  is  occupied  by  fire  and  hose  companies  on  the  first  floor. 
The  upper  part  is.  used  for  the  Fourth  and  Sixth  Ward  Courts,  and  for  other  public  pur- 
poses. 

A  new  County  Court-House  is  now  building  in  the  rear  of  the  City  Hall  fronting  on 
Chambers  street.  It  is  to  be  250  feet  by  150,  three  stories  high,  the  dome  of  which  will 
be  ITO  feet  in  height.  It  is  built  of  white  marble  from  East  Chester.  The  style  is 
pure  C-  rinthian.  The  floors  are  siyoported  by  iron  girders,  with  brick  arches,  and  the 
whole  fire-proof.  It  is  building  und^jhe  superintendence  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors. 
The  architectls  John  Killam,  Esq.   S^erintendent,  Cummings  H.  Tucker,  Esq. 

It  was  commenced  in  Itol.    Eatiaaated  co^t,  1^1,500,000. 


THE  HOTUNDA. 

.  IIS  ediiiee,  of  circular  form,  with  a  large  dome,  standing 
nuiir  the  northeast  corner  of  the  Park,  was  erected  in  ISIS,  by 
John  Yanderlyn,  the  eminent  painter,  for  the  purpose  of  ex- 
hibiting panoramic  pictures.  It  is  54  feet  in  diameter,  with 
a  Doric  front  on  the  Park,  and  wa^  neat  and  irraceful  in  ap- 
pearance when  it  stood  alone.  When  'Sic.  Vandeilyn  took 
up  his  residence  in  Europe,  it  was  devoted  to  other  purposes 


20 


CHARITABLE  INSTITUTION'S. 


than  that  of  art.  It  was  occupied  by  the  marine  court,  then 
the  city  postoffice,  and  now  it  is  devoted  to  the  use  of  the 
Croton  water  department,  and  the  governors  of  the  alms- 
house. 


KAILS  OF  JUSTICE  AND  CITY  PRISON. 

These  cover  the  block  of  ground  bounded  by  Centre, 
V  Leonard,  Elm,  and  Franklin  streets — fronting  on  Centre, 
The  main  building  is  the  only  one  in  the  Egyptian  order  o 
architecture  in  the  city.  It  is  built  of  granite  from  the  state 
of  Maine,  and  is  253  by  200  feet.  It  is  in  the  form  of  a  hol- 
low square.  The  court-rooms  are  in  front,  and  the  prison 
(called  the  Tombs)  in  the  centre.  The  prison  is  142  feet 
long  by  44  wide,  and  contains  173  cells  for  prisoners.  There 
is  also  a  wing  froin  the  main  buildings  used,  in  part,  as  a 
female-prison,  under  the  superintendence  of  a  matron.  The 
other  part  is  for  domestic  purposes.  In  all  the  prison  is 
capable  of  accommodating  some  three  hundred  prisoners. 
The  police-court  is  daily  in  session,  in  the  northeast  corner  of 
the  main  building.  Here  also  is  stationed,  at  all  times,  a 
strong  posse  of  police,  ready  for  duty. 

It  is  open  for  visiters  daily,  from  10  o'clock,  A.  M.  to  3,  P.  M. 
The  friends  of  prisoners  are  allowed  to  visit  them  daily. 


CHARITABLE  INSTITUTIONS  OF  NEW  YORK. 

While  the  city  of  New  York  presents  to  the  eye  of  a  stran- 
ger vast  marts  of  commerce,  fleets  of  merchant-ships,  mag- 
nificent public  buildings,  palace-like  dwellings,  and  gorgeous 
shops  and  streets,  thronged  with  a  gay,  busy,  and  enterprising 
population,  it  can  boast  of  something  far  more  attractive  to 
che  eye  of  humanity — far  more  suggestive  of  the  true  great- 
ness of  a  people.  We  allude  to  its  institutions,  founded  by 
the  benevolent  and  humane,  for  the  promotion  of  the  temporal 
comfort  of  the  unfortunate,  who,  in  God's  providence,  suffer 
the  ills  of  our  common  frailty.  Throughout  the  great  me- 
tropolis, where  Mammon,  vice,  and  folly,  in  the  daily  pursuits 
of  life,  are  contending  for  the  mastery,  these  beneficent  insti- 
tutions are  scattered  like  green  oases,  in  the  midst  of  a  desert 
of  selfishness  incident  to  the  progress  of  a  great  city.  They 
are  like  preachers  of  truth,  daily  asserting  the  divine  princi- 
ples of  Christianity  by  their  holy  efforts  in  behalf  of  the 
bruised  reeds"  of  humanity.    They  illustrate  in  their  prac- 


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NEW   YO^iK   OKi'ilAX  ASYLUM. 


tice  the  precepts  of  Jesus,  especially  that  golden  rule  ''Do 
unto  others  as  ye  would  that  others  should  do  unto  you." 
They  seek  the  lost ;  they  give  parents  to  orphans  ;  they  feed 
the  hungry,  clothe  the  naked,  relieve  the  sick  and  distressed, 
and  visit  the  prisoner  in  his  cell.  They  pour  light  upon  the 
gloom  of  the  blind ;  they  give  joy  and  gladness  to  the  deaf 
and  dumb ;  they  pour  oil  upon  the  stormy  waves  of  disturbed 
reason,  and  help  the  feeble  footsteps  of  the  idiot  traveller. 
They  take  the  Magdalene  from  the  road  that  "  takes  hold  of 
the  chambers  of  death,"  and  place  her  feet  in  the  highway  of 
virtue  and  peace  ;  they  say  to  the  crushed  criminal,  made  so 
perhaps  by  the  oppressions  of  society,  "Lift  up  your  head, 
brother  man  !  for  pity  hath  not  quite  forsaken  you  ;"  and  they 
say  to  the  inebriate,  wallowing  in  the  pool  of  degradation, 
''  Stand  up,  for  thou  art  a  brother."  If  righteousness  ex- 
alteth  a  nation,"  surely  institutions  like  these  may  be  imputed 
•ighteousness  for  a  great  city,  and  in  the  estimation  of  the 
s*ise  and  good  are  greater  things  whereof  to  boast  than  all  the 
wealth,  and  pomp,  and  splendor,  with  which  the  metropolis 
abounds. 


THE  NEW  YORK  ORPHAN  ASYLUM. 

This  noble  institution,  designed  for  the  care  and  culture 
of  the  tender  plants  of  misfortune  riven  from  the  parent-stem 
by  death,  is  delightfully  situated  on  the  brow  of  a  gentle 
slope,  on  the  banks  of  the  Hudson,  betwe^  Seventy-third 
and  Seventy-fourth  streets.  The  grounds  cover  an  area  of 
15  acres,  extending  from  the  Bloomingdale  road  to  the  river. 
The  building  is  of  stone,  in  Gothic  style,  and  is  120  feet  in 
in  length,  and  50  in  width.  Its  exterior  appearance  is  well 
represented  in  the  engraving,  which  shows  the  river  front. 
This  institution  is  the  otfspring  of  the  "  Society  for  the  Relief 
of  Poor  Widows  with  Small  Children,"  which  was  organized 
in  1806  by  several  benevolent  ladies,  among  vviiom  were  Mrs. 
Isabella  Graham,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Hamilton  (the  widow  of 
General  Alexander  Hamilton),  and  Mrs.  Joanna  Bethune. 
It  is  supported  by  private  bequests  and  annual  subscriptions. 
These  contributions  are  daily  working  out  blessin'_;'s  of  in- 
estimable value.  There,  at  the  present  time,  are  from  one 
hundred  and  fifty  to  two  hundred  children,  between  the  ages 
of  two  and  twelve  years,  who  have  lost  both  father  and  mother, 
receiving  wholesome  food,  blessed  with  good  clothing,  and 
fitted  for  future  usefulness  in  life  by  a  course  of  moral,  phys- 


24  COLORED  ORPHAN  ASYLUM. 

ical,  intellectual,  and  religious  instruction.  All  the  branches 
of  a  common  English  education  are  there  taught;  and  tiie 
rehgious  instruction  has  no  taint  of  sectarianism.  ' 

Visiters  are  admitted  daily,  except  on  Sunda.ys,  and  receive 
the  strict  attention  of  the  obliging  matron  of  the  establish- 
ment.   The  relatives  of  the  orphans  are  received  on  Mondays. 

Koute  by  Manhattanville  stages  from  corner  of  Broadway 
and  Thirty-second  street.   *  ' 


LEAKE  AND  WATTS  ORPHAN  HOUSE. 

The  Leake  and  Watts  Orphan  House  was  founded  by  a 
legacy  of  John  George  Leake,  who  died  in  this  city,  June  2, 
1827  ;  the  name  of  Watts  was  added  out  of  respect  to  John 
Watts,  Esq.,  the  executor  of  Mr.  Leake,  who  withdrew,  in 
favor  of  the  institution,  a  claim  v/hich  he  held  to  a  part  of  tlie 
estate.  The  house  is  situated  between  Ninth  and  Tenth 
avenues,  on  One  hundred  and  eleventh  and  One  hundred  and 
twelfth  streets,  some  seven  miles  from  the  City-Hall.  It  con- 
tains a  main  building  and  two  wings,  the  whole  presenting  a 
front  of  206  feet.  It  was  open  for  the  admission  of  orphans 
in  1842.  There  are  about  26  acres  of  land  connected  with 
this  institution.  The  whole  is  unencumbered,  and  has  an  in- 
come capable  of  supporting  from  200  to  250  children.  Thia 
institution,  like  the  New  York  Orphan  Asylum,  is  admirably 
conducted,  and  open  to  visiters. 

By  Eighth  Avenue  Railroad  to  110th  skreet.  Fare,  10 
cents. 


THE  COLORED  ORPHAN  ASYLUM. 

An  association  was  organized  in  1836,  for  the  benefit  of 
colored  orphans,  and  incorporated  by  an  act  of  the  legislature. 
The  sum  of  $3,000  was  soon  collected ;  and  aiTangements 
were  made  for  commencing  operations  on  a  limited  scale ;  but 
so  great  was  the  prejudice  against  that  portion  of  the  desti- 
tute whom  the  society  proposed  to  relieve,  that  suitable  prem- 
ises could  not  be  procured.  After  a  time,  however,  two 
lots  of  land,  with  a  house,  on  Tv/elfth  street,  were  purchased 
for  $9,000.  In  1840,  the  manager  reported  the  receipt  of 
;$13,000  as  a  building-fjind ;  and,  two  years  after,  the  corpo- 
ration of  the  city  made  the  society  a  grant  of  20  lots  of  ground 
on  Fifth  avenre,  between  Forty-third  and  Forty-fourth  stroet? 


26  INSTITUTION  FOR  THE  BLIND. 


(next  block  above  the  receiving  reservoir).  On  this  location, 
they  immediately  erected  their  present  asylum.  It  is  a  sub- 
stantial edifice,  sufificiently  large  to  accommodate  two  hundred 
children.  It  is  not  only  a  place  of  refuge  for  colored  orphans ; 
but  here  they  receive  a  course  of  instruction  and  training  until 
they  are  of  sufficient  age,  and  suitable  places  are  procured  for 
them.  The  affairs  of  this  institution  are  conducted  in  a  most 
praiseworthy  manner.  It  is  supported  by  appropriations  from 
the  city  and  state,  together  with  private 'munificence. 

Destroyed  during  the  riots  of  July,  1863.  Not  yet  re- 
built. 


THE  DEAF  AND  DUMB  ASYLUM. 

This  noble  asylum  is  situated  on  Washington  Heights, 
near  Fort  Washington,  9|  miles  from  the  City-Hall,  and  com- 
manding a  splendid  view  of  the  Hudson  river.  The  friends 
of  the  institution  have  manifested  a  commendable  forethought, 
and  purchased  thirty-three  acres  of  land,  on  which  substantial 
buildings  are  erected.  The  cultivation  of  these  lands  will 
afford  healthful  exercise  and  valuable  instruction  to  the  pupils. 
The  asylum  is  liberally  sustained,  receiving  aid  from  the  city 
and  counties  where  pupils  reside,  the  state,  and  indindual  con- 
tributors. The  expense  for  each  scholar  is  S130  per  annum, 
exclusive  of  clothing  and  travelling  expenses.  The  system 
of  instruction  here  is  thorough  and  complete,  and  some  me- 
chanical ans  are  brought  to  great  perfection,  and  each  student 
has  ample  time  for  manual  labors.  The  citizen  and  stranger 
will  be  well  repaid  by  visiting  this  noble  institution.  Open 
for  visiters  from  Ij  to  4,  P.  M.,  daily. 

Koute  by  Hudson  River  railroad*  to  Fort  Washington,  or 
by  Manhattam-nie  stages  from  Sixth  avenue,  comer  of  Thiity- 
second  street. 


INSTITUTION  FOR  THE  BLIND. 

The  grounds  occupy  the  whole  block  between  Thirty-third 
and  Thirty -fourth  streets  and  Eighth  and  Ninth  avenues.  The 
buildings  are  large  and  imposing,  being  175  feet  long,  with 
out-buildings  for  workshops,  &c.,  &c.  The  cost  was  about 
$95,000,  more  than  one  half  of  which  was  raised  by  voluntary 
donations,  the  bah\nce  by  appropriations  from  the  state.  The 
ereat  object  of  tliis  institution  is  the  amelioration  of  the  con- 
viuioii  ofthe  blind,  -.v -iioidiiiL:  rh-;ii  the  :i:M\ns  of  education, 


2S  HOME  FOR  THE  FRIENDLESS. 

and  preparing  them  for  some  useful  employment,  by  wliich 
they  may  provide  for  their  own  wants.  Able  instruction  is 
given  in  all  the  branches  of  English  education,  together  with 
Tocal  and  instrumental  music.  Pupils  are  received  between 
the  ages  of  eight  and  twenty-five  years. 

Appropriations  are  made  by  the  state,  by  which  a  certain 
number  of  indigents  are  annually  received.  Before  such  are 
admitted  they  must  furnish  a  certificate  from  the  overseer  of  the 
poor  in  the  town  where  the  applicant  resides,  stating  the  fact 
of  permanent  blindness,  good  moral  character,  and  the  in- 
ability of  their  parents  or  guardians  to  su;pport  them  in  the 
institution.  Such  certificate  must  be  endorsed  by  the  secre- 
tary of  state.  The  expense,  aside  from  clothing,  is  about 
$130  per  annum.  Beneficiaries  are  allowed  to  remain  five 
years,  in  some  cases  the  terms  are  extended  to  seven.  The 
workshops  furnish  employment  for  adults,  or  those  who  have 
completed  their  course,  paying  by  the  piece  for  all  work  per- 
formed.   Visiters  are  admitted  on  Tuesday  of  each  week. 

The  Sixth  and  Eighth  avenue  railroads  pass  near  the  insti- 
tution.   Fare  6  cents. 


HOME  FOR  THE  FRIENDLESS. 

This  useful  and  philanthropic  institution  was  founded  in 
1834,  by  private  munificence.  It  is  under  the  care  of  the 
American  Female  Guardian  Society.  Its  object  is  to  afford 
a  place  and  means  of  protection  for  destitute,  respectable 
females  without  employment,  friends,  or  home,  and  within 
the  age  and  circumstances  of  temptation :  also  for  friendless 
children  of  both  sexes,  until  they  can  be  committed  perma- 
nently to  the  guardianship  of  foster-parents  or  worthy  families, 
who  will  train  them  to  respectability  and  usefulness.  This 
institution  is  located  on  East  Thirtieth  street,  between  Fourth 
and  Madison  avenues ;  and  is  open  daily,  Sundays  excepted, 
from  9,  A.  M.  to  5,  P.  M. 

In  addition  to  the  commodious  building  on  Thirtieth  street, 
a  new  and  substantial  edifice  has  recently  been  erected  on  the 
rear  of  the  former  one,  fronting  on  Twenty-ninth  street,  oc- 
cupying seventy-five  feet  front,  and  four  stories  high,  at  a  cost, 
including  the  land,  of  $30,000.  The  first  floor  is  occupied 
for  offices,  the  second  for  a  chapel  and  school-rooms,  the  third 
(or  a  hospital,  and  the  fourth  for  a  gymnasium. 

The  Advocate  and  Guardian  (a  monthly  paper  issued  by 
this  society,  at  $1  per  annum)  is  filled  with  exceedingly  in- 
teresting details  of  this  noble  chanty.    One  can  hardly  spend 


oU  FIVE  POINTS  HOUSE  OF  INDUSTRY. 

an  liour  within  the  walls  of  this  institution  during  school  ex- 
ercises without  beincT  deeply  affected,  and  we  hazard  little  is 
saying,  that  such  persons  will  find  subjects  for  grateful  reflec- 
tion, which  will  prompt  them  to  aid  by  their  sympathy  and 
means,  in  rescuing  the  young  from  the  perils  that  await  the 
destitute  and  the  orphan  in  a  great  metropolis.  This  institu- 
tion is  under  an  efficient  management,  and  well  deserving  of 
a  liberal  support,  depending  as  it  does  entirely  on  voluntary 
contributions.  No  visiters  are  admitted  on  the  Sabbath,  ex 
cept  by  permission  of  the  Board.  Applications  for  admisb*ion 
may  be  made  at  the  Home,  on  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays, 
from  2  to  5,  P.  M. 


FIVE  POINTS  HOUSE  OF  INDUSTRY. 

If  we  looK  at  the  amount  of  human  suffering  alleviated, 
the  religious  and  moral  influence  exerted,  and  the  almost 
martyr  life  of  the  superintendent  and  matron,  this  institution 
must  be  placed  in  the  front  rank,  in  point  of  interest  'and 
utility,  in  this  or  any  other  country. 

For  several  years  the  Superintendent,  S.  B.  Halliday, 
and  his  amiable  and  accomplished  lady,  have  been  engaged 
in  this  work  of  self-denial,  and  the  Iiistory  of  their  privations, 
the  fruits  of  their  diligence,  and  the  "  brands"  they  have 
plucked  from  the  "  burning,"  have  been  placed  on  durable 
record. 

The  past  few  years  have  been  very  memerable  in  the  an- 
nals of  the  Eive  Points.  For  fifty  years  this  locality  had  been 
the  plague-spot  of  the  city.  The  poor  and  the  destitute,  the 
vile  and  the  vicious,  had  occupied  most  of  its  dwellings.  Its 
cellars,  and  its  garrets,  alike  resounded  with  the  blasphemies 
and  revelries  of  their  inmates ;  in  fact,  until  Mr.  Pease  took 
up  his  abode  there,  no  respectable  people,  except  the  very 
poorest,  occupied  this  section  of  the  town ;  but  Christian 
sympathy  and  co-operation  have  cheered  the  superintendent 
on  in  his  benevolent  course,  and  he  is  now  surrounded  by 
many  of  the  friends  originally  associated  with  him,  while  a 
substantial  building  has  been  erected,  giving  a  satisfactory 
token  of  the  approval  of  his  cause. 

The  building  is  situated  at  numbers  i.55,  157,  and  152 
Worth  street,  a  short  distance  north  of  the  City-Hall,  and  oc 
cupies  fifty-four  feet  front,  is  seven  stories  high,  and  built  in 
an  economical  and  substantial  manner,  at  a  cost  of  $36,000, 
including  the  land 


32 


FIVE  POINTS  MISSION. 


We  regret  tliat  we  can  not  give  a  more  extended  notice  of 
this  noble  charity,  but  we  can  not  help  saying  that  it  requires 
istrong  nerves  to  pass  through  the  building,  while  the  schools 
are  in  session,  without  being  deeply  affected. 

We  would  urge  every  resident  and  citizen,  and  every 
stranger  visiting  New  York,  to  spend  one  hour  within  the 
walls  of  this  institution,  and  we  hazard  little  in  saying  that 
such  persons  will  find  subjects  for  thankfulness  and  reflection 
when  they  return  to  their  own  firesides,  which  will  be  an  in- 
ducement to  them  to  contribute  something  more  substantial 
than  mere  sympathy  to  further  the  objects  of  a  work  so  be- 
nevolent. 

We  would  urge  also  upon  the  community,  that  as  the  place 
is  entirely  supported  by  voluntary  contributions,  any  remit- 
tances in  money,  provisions,  or  clothing,  will  be  gratefully  re- 
ceived and  acknowl-edged. 

We  must  not  forget  to  say,  that  not  the  least  of  the  objects 
of  tliis  house  of  industry,  is  to  find  good  homes  in  the  country 
for  orj)han  children,  or  those  worse  than  orphans,  who  suffer 
from  the  disreputable  course  of  their  parents.  Many  hun- 
dreds of  these  have  been  thus  happily  preserved. 

The  annual  reports  are  full  of  thrilling  incidents,  copies  of 
which  will  be  given  or  sent  on  application. 

This  institution  was  established  in  1850,  incorporated  in 
■  1854,  and  is  under  the  management  of  trustees  selected  from 
among  the  most  respectable  and  thorough-going  business  men 
of  the  city. 

Tiie  average  number  of  inmates  fed,  clothe^,  and  lodged 
at  the  institution  is  about  150;  of  the  number  in  the  day 
schools,  240 ;  and  of  those  that  receive  their  noonday  meal, 
400. 

Daily  religious  services  6|,,  A.  M.  and  65,  P.  M.  Day 
fichool  from  9  to  12,  A.  M.,  session,  1  to  3,  P.  M.  Sunday 
school,  9j,  A.  M.  and  2,  P.  M.  Public  services  every  Sab- 
bath at  lOi,  A.  M.  and  3,  P.  M. 

FIVE  POINTS  MISSION. 

The  Five  Points  Mission  was  commenced  by  the  New 
York  Ladies'  Home  Missionary  Society  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  on  the  corner  of  Cross  and  Little  Water 
streets,  in  May,  1850.  It  now  occupies  a  fine  building,  con- 
taining a  chapel,  school-rooms,  bathing-rooms,  and  tenements 
for  twenty  families    It  provides  public  reliijious  services  on 


COLORED   HOME  HOUSE   OF  REFUGE,  33 


the  Sabbath,  and  has  a  Sabbath  and  day  school  numberini? 
(bur  hundred  children,  and  employs  two  missionaries  and 
seven  teuchers.  The  children  are  clothed  by  the  mission,  and 
fuel,  food,  and  clothing,  are  distributed  to  the  sick  and  desti- 
tute families  of  that  vicinity.  It  has  sent  more  than  five  hun- 
dred  destitute  children  to  good  Christian  homes. 

The  annual  reports  are  exceedingly  interesting,  and  could 
the  citizen  and  stranger  know  the  good  effected  by  this  truly 
Christian  and  philanthropic  effort,  sympathy  and  money 
would  be  cheerfully  imparted  to  assist  in  furthering  its  ob- 
jects. 

Hours  for  day  school  are  9  to  12,  A.  M.,  and  1  to  3,  P.  M. 
Sunday  school,  9j,  A.  M.,  and  2,  P.  M.  Preaching,  lOj, 
A.  M.,  and  3  and  7,  P.  M. 


THE  COLORED  HOME. 

The  Colored  Home  is  on  First  avenue,  between  Sixty- 
fourth  and  Sixty-fifth  streets.  It  has  forty-four  lots  of  ground  ; 
on  which  substantial  buildings  are  erected,  sufficient  for  three 
hundred  persons.  The  object  of  this  institution  is  to  furnish 
moral  and  religious  instruction,  proper  care  for  the  indigent, 
sick,  and  infirm,  of  the  colored  persons  of  the  city.  It  is 
chiefly  supported  by  annual  subscriptions  from  benevolent  in- 
dividuals. It  is  managed  by  an  association  of  ladies.  It  is 
well  conducted,  and  is  accomplishing  great  good  to  those  who 
share  its  munificence. 

Open  to  visiters  daily,  Sundays  excepted.  Fare  by  Second 
and  Third  avenue  railroads,  6  cents. 


THE  HOUSE  OF  REFUGE, 

Is  situated  on  the  southern  pa||  of  Randall's  Island,  op 
posite  One  hundred  and  seventeenth  street.  East  river.  This 
institution  is  designed  to  furnish  a  home  for  juvenile  delin- 
quents, where  they  will  be  free  from  the  contaminating  in- 
fluence of  the  old  and  depraved  offenders  in  our  penitentiary, 
and  where  they  can  be  taught  useful  trades,  and  encouraged 
to  habits  of  industry  and  self-reliance,  and  thus  saved  from  a 
life  of  infamy  and  crime.  A  building  well  adapted  to  the 
purposes  has  been  erected,  in  which  are  commodious  school- 
rooms, a  chapel,  rooms  for  exercise,  sleeping-rooms,  &c. 
There  are  large  play-grounds  attached  to  the  building.  A 
thorough  course  of  mental  and  religious  instruction  i^  pur- 


34  BLOOMIKGDALE  INSANE  ASYLUM. 


sued,  and  perfect  order  reigns  throughout  the  establishment. 
The  average  number  of  boys  is  about  two  hundred  and  fifty, 
and  of  girls  about  seventy-five,  whc  are  here  detained  until 
their  minds  are  imbued  with  correct  principles,  and  good 
homes  can  be  obtained  for  them  by  a  committee  of  the  insti- 
tution.   None  are  admitted  over  sixteen  years  of  age. 

Route  by  Second  and  Third  avenue  railroads  to  One  hun- 
dred and  seventeenth  street ;  thence  by  row-boat  to  the  island, 
free     Visiters  are  admitted  each  day,  Sundays  excepted. 


^  NEW  YORK  JUVENILE  ASYLUM. 

Office,  23  West  I3th  st.    Asylum,  17 5th  St.,  near  High  Bridge. 

The  objects  of  this  benevolent  institution  are  to  furnish  a 
refuge,  in  the  true  sense  of  the  word,  for  the  children  of  our 
city  whom  misfortune,  the  vices  or  the  crimes  of  parents,  or 
orphanage,  have  made  friendless  and  homeless,  leaving  them 
exposed  to  the  debasing  influence  of  bad  associates,  and  the 
temptations  to  crime  which  abound  in  our  midst.  The  Juvenile 
Asylum  is  not  a  prison  like  the  House  of  Refuge.  The  chil- 
dren committed  to  its  charge  have  not  been  convicted  of  crime, 
but  are  intrusted  to  its  care  by  parents,  or  by  the  police 
magistrates  for  vagrancy,  to  afford  them  the  means  of  moral, 
intellectual,  and  industrial  education,  and  to  supply  them  with 
comfortable  homes  in  respectable  families  in  the  country, 
where  they  will  be  surrounded  by  kindly,  purifying,  and  ele- 
vating influences. 

The  building  of  the  Juvenile  Asylum  fronts  on  One 
hundred  and  seventy-fifth  street,  between  Tenth  and  Eleventh 
avenues,  with  twenty-two  acres  of  ground  around  it.  It  is  in 
the  form  of  a  T,  with  an  entire  front  of  150  feet;  the  centre 
being  .50  feet  in  width  by  62  feet  in  depth ;  and  the  two  wings, 
eastern  and  western,  each  75  feet  in  front  by  46  feet  in  depth. 
The  extension  in  the  rear  of  the  centre  building  is  82  feet  in 
depth  by  43  in  width.  ^ 

BLOOMINGDALE  INSANE  ASYLUM. 

Tins  institution  is  located  a  little  south  of  Manhattanville, 
betw^een  115th  and  120th  streets.  The  grounds,  containing 
bout  forty  acres  of  land,  are  beautifully  laid  out,  and  orna- 
mented with  shrubbery  and  flowers  ;  and  all  is  fitted  up  in  a 
manner  so  as  to  render  this  a  pleasant  retreat  for  those  un- 
fortunate beings  for  whom  the  institution  was  designed. 


86  NEW  YORK  HOSPITAL. 


The  principal  building  is  210  feet  long  and  60  wide,  and  3 
stx)ries  high.  Attached  to  this  are  two  wings,  40  by  60  feet 
each.  Many  of  the  inmates  work  about  the  premises,  or 
amuse  themselves  as  circumstances  indicate.  It  was  opened 
for  the  reception  of  patients  in  the  year  1821  ;  and  thousands 
have  participated  in  its  benefits. 

In  accordance  with  the  Revised  Statutes  of  this  state,  it  is 
necessarv,  before  a  patient  can  be  admitted  into  the  Bloom- 
ingdale  Asylum,  that  a  lunacy-warrant  from  any  two  justices 
of  the  peace,  or  police  magistrates,  issued  upon  the  evidence 
of  two  reputable  physicians  as  to  the  alleged  fact  of  insanity, 
be  procured — and  also  a  permit  from  one  of  the  asylum  com- 
mittee ;  with  whom  the  payment  of  board  (which  is  always 
in^atlvance)  must  be  arranged. 

Applications  by  letter  can  be  addressed  to  the  Physician  of 
the  New  York  Lunatic  Asylum. 

Letters  or  packages,  for  either  officers,  patients,  or  attend- 
ants, left  at  the  New  York  Hospital,  Broadwsy,  New  York, 
will  duly  reach  the  asylum.  Letters  sent  to  the  asylum  by 
mail,  should  be  directed  to  Manhattanville  postoffice. 

By  Eighth  Avenue  Railroad  to  110th  street.  Fare,  10 
cents. 


THE  NEW  YORK  HOSPITAL. 

This  Hospital  is  on  Broadway,  opposite  Pearl  street,  and 
occupies  most  of  the  block  between  Worth  and  Duane 
streets.  It  was  founded  in  1771,  by  Earl  Dinsmore,  then  gov- 
ernor of  the  colony  of  New  York.  The  buifldings  stand  on 
elevated  ground,  and  are  well  adapted  to  their  use. 

The  object  of  this  institution  is  twofold.  One  is  to  furnish 
a  comfortable  place  to  those  who  are  sick  and  destitute  of 
suitable  care,  and  yet  are  able  to  pay  a  moderate  sum  for  the 
same.  The  other  is  to  be  a  kind  of  centre  where  persons  wiio 
are  taken  suddenly  ill,  or  have  met  with  serious  accident,  may 
be  taken  and  cared  for.  The  whole  is  fitted  up  with  much 
taste  and  comfort,  and  is  supplied  with  the  best  of  medical 
attendance.  This  institution  is'  under  the  supervision  of  the 
Board  of  Health  of  the  city  of  New  York.  A  large  library 
is  connected  with  the  institution. 

The  committee  meet  on  Tuesdays  and  Fridays,  at  10 i, 
A.  M.,  to  receive  patients.  On  Tuesdays  and  Fridays,  from 
3,  P.  M.  till  sunset,  visiters  are  admitted.  Friends  of  ^-be 
very  sick  admitted  every  day. 


BELLEYUE  HOSPITAL. 


37 


BELLEVUE  HOSPITAL. 

Thi?  institution  is  the  almshouse  hospital  of  the  city  for 
idults,  and  surgical  cases  of  children  requiriui^  immediate  ad- 
nission.  It  occupies  a  considerable  part  of  the  area  bounded 
)y  Twenty-sixth  and  Twenty-eighth  streets,  First  avenue  and 
East  River.  It  is  provided  with  a  middle  building,  a  north 
L-shaped  wing  and  south  side  wing,  each  having  four  stories 
of  wards,  and  the  whole  furnishing  upward  of  eight  hundred 
beds  for  patients.  The  grounds  are  surrounded  by  a  wall  on 
three  sides,  with  a  green  on  the  front  facing  the  river.  The 
entrance  is  on  Twenty-sixth  street.  Visiters  must  procure  a 
peiTTiit  from  the  almshouse  department  in  the  Park.  Patients 
are  admitted,  free  of  expense,  on  the  certificate  of  any  regular 
physician.  It  has  a  visiting  medical  board,  composed  of  some 
of  the  first  physicians  and  surgeons  of  the  city;  a  general  sys- 
tematic register  of  observations  of  disease,  and  a  spacious 
museum  for  pathological  specimens. 

Hospital  Accommodations  in  and  about  N.  York. 

The  following  table  is  il»^?iiined  to  show  the  hospttal  accommodations 
in  the  vHrious  benevolent  and  charitable  institutions  of  the  city.  Con- 
nected with  the  hospital  on  Blackwell's  island  is  a  building  devoted  to 
Small-PdX  patients,  where  citizen-  or  strangers  can  have  the  best  medi- 
cal advice,  and  competent  nurses  accustf^med  to  the  treatment  and  care 


of  this  contagious  disease. 

Belleviie  Ho=pifal  (has  an  addition  progressing)  Number  of  beds    HI  5 

Blackwell's  Island  Hospital  7   570 

Jews'  Hospital   170 

Lyin2:-i!i- Hospital   55 

Marine  Hospital  (consisting  in  part  of  single  story  frame  building;:)  1600 

New  York  Hospital   500 

Nursery  Hospital,  Randall's  Island   030 

S-^amnn's  Retreat   :i60 

St.  Luke's  Ho-pital  (has  not  been  opened)   200 

St.  Vincent's  Hospital  ..ti   110 

Ward's  Island  Hospital  (mostly  in  one  story  frame  buildings)   1-500 

VV  -nan's  Hospital  /   46 

Eye  lutirrnary   3P 

Blooaiingdale  Lunatic  Asylum   16^ 

City  Lunatic  Asylum,  Blackwell's  Island   610 

Hospital  Department  ot  Colored  Home   38 

Ho?pira!  Department  of  Colored  Orphan  Asylum   56 

Hospital  Department  of  Home  for  the  Friendless   20 

Hospital  Department  of  Home  for  respectable  aged  indigent  females  11 

Hospital  Department  of  House  of  Refuge,  Randall's  Island   11 

Hospital  Department  of  Juvenile  Asylum   28 

Hospital  D«'partment  of  Nursery,  No.  2,  23d  street,  6th  avonue  ...  25 

Hospital  Department  of  St.  Patrick's  Male  Orphan  Asylum   20 

Elospital  Department  of  St.  Patrick's  Female  Orphan  Asylum   10 

Total    7015 


38 


Demilt  Dispensary. 


THE  DISPENSARIES. 

Tlie  New  York  Dispensary  is  situated  at  the  corner  of  Centre 
and  White  streets.  It  was  organized  in  1790,  and  incorpo- 
rated in  1795.  The  district  comprehends  all  that  part  of  the 
citj  lying  between  the  Battery,  Spring  street,  Broadwayj 
Fourteenth  street,  First  avenue,  Allen  and  Pike  streets. 

Tlie  Eastern  Dispensary  is  located  at  the  comer  of  Ludlow 
street  and  Essex  Market  place,  and  was  founded  in  1834. 
Its  limits  are  prescribed  by  the  section  of  the  city  lying  east 
of  Pike  and  Allen  streets.  First  avenue,  and  below  Fourteenth 
street. 

The  Northern  Dispensary  is  located  at  the  corner  of  Waver- 
ley  place  and  Christopher  street,  and  was  founded  in  1829. 
Its  boundaries  are  from  Spring  street  to  Twenty-tbird  street, 
west  of  Broadway. 


AMEKICAN  BIBLE  HOUSE. 


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The  Demilt  Dispensary  is  situated  at  the  corner  of  Twenty- 
third  street  and  Second  avenue,  and  was  incorporated  in  1851. 
Its  name  was  derived  from  the  largest  contribution  to  its  en- 
dowment, The  limits  include  thart  section  lying  between 
Fourteenth  and  Fortieth  streets,  east  of  Sixth  avenue. 

The  Northwestern  Dispensary  is  situated  at  511  Eighth 
avenue.  Its  limits  are  between  Twenty-third  and  Sixtieth 
streets,  and  west  of  Sixth  avenue. 

These  dispensaries  are  designed  to  furnish  medicine,  and 
medical  and  surgical  advice,  and  vaccination,  gratuitously,  to 
such  persons  as  are  unable  to  procure  them  by  reason  of  ' 
poverty.  Pliysicians  are  in  attendance  at  the  institutions 
daily,  and  also  visit  at  houses  when  the  occasion  requires,  for 
these  purposes.  More  than  100,000  patients  are  treated  at 
these  dispensaries  annually.  They  are  supported  by  grants 
from  the  legislature,  the  corporation,  and  private  subscrip 
tions. 


THE  AMERICAN  BIBLE  HOUSE. 

The  building  occupies  the  block  of  ground  bounded  by  the 
Fourth  avenue,  Astor  place.  Third  avenue,  and  Nii^th  street, 
and  is  six  stories  high,  with  cellars  and  Vaults.  The  front  on 
Fourth  avenue  is  198  feet  8  inches,  on  Astor  place  202  feet 
10  inches,  on  Third  avenue  76  feU  11  inches,  and  on  Ninth 
street  232  feet  6  inches,  forming  a  front  on  the  four  streets  of 
710  feet  11  inches,  and  50  feet  in  depth,  having  a  large  area 
in  the  centre.  The  height  from  the  cellar  to  the  roof  is  74 
feet.  The  fronts  on  Fourth  avenue  and  Astor  place  are  di- 
vided into  five  sections  each.  The  two  ends,  and  centre  sec- 
tions, have  a  projection  of  twelve  inches  in  front,  and  they 
also  rise  above  the  intermediate  sections ;  and  there  is  also  a 
centre  section  to  the  frcJiit  on  Ninth  street,  wdth  a  projection 
of  twelve  inches.  The  principal  entrance,  on  Fourth  avenue, 
is  decorated  with  four  round  columns,  wdth  Corinthian  capi- 
tals and  moulded  bases,  resting  upon  panelleji  and  moulded 
pedestals,  and  semicircular  arches  are  placed  between  the 
columns  to  form  the  heads  of  doors,  &c.,  and  all  surmounted 
with  a  heavy  cornice  and  segment  pediment. 

The  whole  of  this  noble  establishment  is  so  planned,  that 
from  the  delivery  of  the  paper  in  the  sixth  story  to  the  presses, 
it  proceeds  downward  regularly  through  its  various  stages  of 
manufacture,  uiltil  it  arrives  in  books  in  the  depository,  with 
but  very  little  labor  in  hoisting  from  one  story  to  another. 


40       UNIVERSITY  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK. 


The  following  societies  have  convenient  offices  in  this  mag- 
nificent edifice  :  American  Bible  Society,  American  Board  of 
Commissioners  for  Foi'eign  Missions,  American  Home  Mis- 
sion Society,  Office  of  Advocate  and  Family  Guardian,  For- 
eign Missions  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  New  York 
State  (Colonization  Society,  Domestic  Missions  of  the  Protest- 
Ejnscopal  Church,  Evangelical  Knowledge  Society,  Cen- 
tral American  Education  Society,  and  American  and  Foreign 
Protective  Employment  Society. 

There  are  superb  stores  on  the  Third  and  Fourth  avenues, 
and  Astor  place,  occupied  by  the  Peter  Cooper  Fire  Insurance 
Company,  book,  drug,  and  other  stores. 

Visiters  will  be  cheerfully  conducted  through  the  building, 
as  they  may  call.  Conveyance  every  five  minutes  from  the 
City-Hall,  by  Third  and  Fourth  avenue  cars,- or  Third  avenue 
and  Eighth  street  stages. 

COLUMBIA  COLLEGE. 

Tins  ancient  seat  of  learning  is  beautifully  located  on  the 
Fourth  avenue  corner  of  Fiftieth  street,  on  the  extensive 
grounds  recently  occupied  by  the  Deaf  and  Dumb  Asylum. 

Columbia  CoUegp  was  chartered  by  George  II.,  in  1754, 
and  was  called  King's  College,  which  name  it  bore  until  after 
the  Revolution.  Many  of  the  leading  men  in  that  struggle, 
both  for  and  against  the  imperial  government,  were  educated 
within  its  walls.    It  has  a  fine  library  and  is  well  endowed. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK. 

This  institution  is  located  upon  the  east  side  of  Washing- 
ton square,  between  Washington  and  Waverley  places.  The 
building  is  of  Westchester  marble,  one  hundred  and  eighty 
feet  in  length,  and  one  hundred  in  width.  Its  style-is  Gothic, 
and  the  composition  after  the  form  of  English  college-archi- 
tecture. In  addition  to  the  rooms  devoted  to  learning,  it  con- 
tains a  fine  chkpel,  decorated  with  beautiful  oak  carvings,  and 
lighted  chiefly  by  a  superb  stained-glass  window  in  front,  fifty 
feet  in  height  and  twenty-four  feet  wide.  The  University  was 
founded  in  1831  ;  the  edifice  was  completed  in  1836.  On  the 
election  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Ferris  as  chancellor,  in  1851,  sub- 
scriptions were  made  sufficient  to  meet  all  the  indebtedness 
of  the  institution,  and  establish  it  on  a  permanent  basis.  It 
is  now  one  of  the  most  prosperous  institutions  of  the  kind  in 
the  state. 


THE  COOPER  INSTIKJTE 


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FREE  ACADEMY. 

The  Free  Academy  of  the  city  of  New  York  is  situated  in 
Twenty-third  street,  corner  of  Lexington  avenue.  It  was 
established  in  1848  by  the  Board  of  Education  of  the  city  of 
New  York,  in  pursuance  of  an  act  of  the  legislature  of  tk^ 
state,  passed  May,  1847,  for  the  purpose  of  providing  classical 
education  for  such  pupils  over  twelve  years  of  age,  of  the 
common  schools,  as  may  wish  to  avail  themselves  of  its  ad- 
vantages. The  students  are  admitted  in  annual  classes,  and 
the  full  term  of  study  is  five  years.  All  its  expenses  for  in- 
sti'uctors,  apparatus,  library,  cabinet  collections,  books  and 
stationery,  are  paid  out  of  the  public  treasury  of  the  city. 

Nearly  $100,000  have  been  expended  in  the  purchase  of  the 
ground  and  erection  of  the  building.  The  school  is  now  in 
successful  operation  under  talented  professors,  and  affords 
some  of  the  finest  advantages  of  learning  of  any  institution  in 
the  country. 

The  school  has  a  fine  collection  of  philosophical,  mathe- 
matical, and  chemical  apparatus,  to  which  constant  additions 
are  being  made. 

PvUT&ERS  FEMALE  INSTITUTE. 

This  seminary  for  young  ladies  is  pleasantly  situated 
upon  Fifth  avenue  near  Forty-second  street,  opposite  the 
.Fistributing  Reservoir.  It  was  incorporated  in  1838,  and 
has  always  been  a  flourishing  institution.  It  has  a  fine 
library,  selected  with  great  care;  and  excellent  philo- 
sophical apparatus  for  illustrating  the  subjects  of  astronomy, 
chemistry,  and  other  branches  of  science.  Its  course  of  ih- 
ssruction  embraces  history,  /general  philosophy,  mathematics, 
and  belles-lettres,  by  which  young  ladies  are  thoroughly  pre- 
pared for  the  pursuit  of  general  knowledge,  for  the  duties  of 
teachers,  and  for  that  moral  and  intellectual  power  so  neces 
sary  to  be  possessed  by  the  mothers  of  our  republic. 

I  THE  COOPER  INSTITUTE. 

This  magnificent  enterprise  has  been  designed  and  is  now 
being  canled  into  effect  by  one  of  our  successful  merchants, 
Peter  Cooper,  Esq.,  to  be  called  The  People's  Union,  de- 
voted to  the  Moral,  Intellectual,  and  Physical  Improvement. 
Dedicated  to  Science  and  Art."  It  occupies  the  entire  block 
of  ground  bounded  by  the  Third  and  Fourth  avenues  and 


42 


EFISCOP^.  THEOLOGICAL  SEmXARY. 


Seventh  and  Eighth  streets,  facing  the  Bible  House  on  the 
north,  and  cost  over  $300,000.  It  is  expected  that  the  revenue 
accruing  from  such  parts  of  the  building  as  shall  not  be  needed 
for  the  Union,  rented  to  about  $30,000  per  annum,  will  be 
sufficient  to  meet  all  the  expenses  (including  the  salaries  of 
the  professors)  of  the  institution. 

The  most  commodious  lecture-room  or  hall  in  the  city  is 
located  in  the  basement;  it  is  125  feet  long  by  82  feet  wide, 
and  21  feet  high,  having  four  wide  entrances,  allowing  the 
most  numerous  audience  to  reach  the  street  in  two  minutes* 
The  first  and  second  stories  are  occupied  as  stores  and  offices. 

The  third  story  is  appropriated  to  the  Union ;  and  in  the 
elevation  of  this  the  public  character  of  the  building  is  ad- 
mirably maintained,  A  lofty  row  of  windows  runs  to  the  full 
height  of  the  exhibition  hall  and  picture  galleries,  givintr,  on 
the  outside,  an  appearance  of  magnitude  very  striking  in  effect. 
This  story  is  appropriated  to  the  exhibition  room,  30  feet 
high,  and  125  feet  long  by  82  wide.  A  large  dome  sheds 
light  through  a  well  22  feet  in  diameter.  The  fourth  story 
may  be  properly  considered  part  of  the  third,  being  a  continu- 
ation of  galleries,  with  alcoves,  intended  for  painting  and 
sculpture.  These  galleries  are  so  designed  that  pictures  may 
be  placed  so  as  to  obtain  the  required  light. 

On  the  fifth  story  are  several  lecture  and  class  rooms,  and 
a  library.  One  lecture-room  on  the  Eighth  street  side  is  82 
feet  long  by  58  wide,  the  other  62  feet  long  by  52  wide,  and 
the  library  consists  of  five  rooms  communicating  with  each 
other  and  with  both  lecture  rooms  freely.  Connected  with 
the  smaller  lecture-room  is  a  room  for  physical  experiments 
and  instruments ;  and  facing  on  the  Third  avenue  are  five 
rooms  intended  to  be  rented  to  artists. 

Who  can  set  bounds  to  the  beneficial  influence  this  institu- 
tion will  exert  on  the  thousands  of  young  men  of  this  metrop- 
olis, of  the  present  and  future  generations.  "Well  may  Mr. 
Cooper  be  ranked  with  the  great  benefactors  of  the  age,  and 
especially  as  he  has  not  left  it  to  executors  to  cany  out  his 
great  design,  but  has  superintended  all  its  details,  and  we 
hope  he  will  long  live  to  see  its  practical  utility. 


EPISCOPAL  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY. 

The  General  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  in  the  United  States  is  situated  on  Twentieth 
street,  between  the  Ninth  and  Tenth  avenues.    The  two 


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NEW  YORK  MEDICAL  COLLEGE. 


buildings  are  of  stone,  in  Gothic  style,  each  one  hundred  and 
ten  feet  in  length,  and  fifty  in  width.  It  was  incorporated  in 
1822.  It  contains  a  good  library,  composed  chiefly  of  works 
of  a  religious  character. 


THE  UNION  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY. 

This  institution  is  situated  on  University  place,  No.  9, 
between  Waverley  place  and  Eighth  street.  It  is  under  the 
management  of  Presbyterians  ;  yet  students  are  received  from 
all  evangelical  denominations,  if  possessed  of  the  requisite 
testimonials  relative  to  religious  character.  It  was  founded 
in  1836.  The  object  of  the  institution  is  to  educate  young 
men  for  the  gospel-ministry;  and  for  this  purpose  it  main- 
tains an  efficient  faculty,  and  lias  a  large  and  select  library 

THE  UNIVERSITY  MEDICAL  COLLEGE. 

This  is  connected  with  the  university,  and  is  under  the 
general  supervision  of  its  chancellor  and  trustees.  It  has  a 
substantial  building  on  Fourteenth  street,  near  Third  avenue, 
where  its  fine  library  and  ])hysioloc:ical  collections  are  depos- 
ited. It  is  under  the  immediate  direction  of  able  professors, 
whose  clinical  lectures  alford  to  students  rare  opportunities 
for  practical  instruction. 

N.  Y.  COLLEGE  OF  PHYSICIANS  &  SURGEONS. 

This  institution  was  founded  by  the  regents  of  the  s'ate  of 
New  York  in  1791,  and  chartered  by  the  legislature  in  1807. 
It  is  located  on  Fourth  avenue,  corner  of  Twenty-third-street. 
It  contains  an  extensive  library  and  physiological  collecticn. 
The  medical  department  of  Columbia  College  was  merged 
into  this-  institution.  Under  able  professors,  it  vies  with  the 
University  Medical  College  in  its  claims  upon  public  regard. 
Its  museum  may  be  visited  by  applying  to  the  janitor  on  the 
premises. 


NEW  YORK  MEDICAL  COLLEGE. 

This  is  a  new  and  flourishing  instituiion,  founded  in  1851, 
and  located  on  Thirteenth  street,  between  Third  and  Fourth 
avenues.  Under  the  management  of  a  board  of  able  physi- 
cians, it  promises  much  for  the  future.  It  has  now  a  larg^o 
library  and  physioloofical  collection. 


^  ASTOR  LIBKAET.  40 

NEW  YORK  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY. 

This  valuable  and  flourishing  institution  was  founded  in 
304.  Its  extensive  library  of  rare  books,  and  its  collections 
r  manuscripts  and  historical  relics,  occupy  several  rooms  in 
le  New  York  University,  on  Washington  square.  A  grant 
f  SI 2,000  from  the  state,  in  ISO-i,  together  with  private  do- 
ations,  enabled  the  society  to  purchase  more  than  13,000 
Dund  volumes,  a  large  collection  of  maps,  charts,  valuable 
amphlcts,  files  of  newspapers,  &c.  Of  the  latter,  it  probably 
)utains  the  largest  and  most  complete  collection  in  this 
)untry,  extending  from  1730  to  the  present  time.  It  pos- 
?sses  a  cabinet  of  coins,  medals,  &c. 

The  society  has  recently  erected  a  splendid  stone  building, 
)rner  of  Second  avenue  and  Eleventh  street, 
j  Present  number  of  volumes  in  librarv,  28,000. 

I 


.  THE  NEW  YORK  SOCIETY  LIBRARY. 

This  is  the  oldesc  and  most  extensive  public  library  in  the 
tiited  States.  It  was  first  incorporated  in  1700,  under  the 
me  of  "  The  Public  Library  of  New  York.^'  Its  name  was 
an^^ed  to  its  present  one  in  1754.  It  is  located  at  67  Uni- 
rsiry  place,  nearAVest  Twelfth  street..  Reading-room  open 
m  8,  A.  M.  to  10,  P.  M.  There  is  a  separate  reading-room 
ladies. 

Perms  of  membership,  S25  for  a  transferable  right,  subject 
an  annual  payment  of  S6.  Temporary  subscribers  $10  per 
ir.  Upon  its  shelves  are  43,000  volumes,  many  of  them 
:eedingiy  rare  and  valuable. 


THE  ASTOR  LIBRARY. 

lhis  library  is  located  in  Lafayette  place,  near  Eighth 
et  and  Broadway.  This  noble  institution  was  founded  by 
late  John  Jacob  Astor,  who  left  a  fund  of  8400,000  for 
:  purpose.    The  building  is  erected  in  the  Moorish  style, 

the  royal  palaces  of  Florence,  is  120  feet  long  by  65  feet 
e,  presenting  a  very  imposing  appearance.  The  grand 
iry  hall  on  the  second  floor  is  surmounted  by  a  splendid 
•liglit  54  feet  long  by  14  broad,  formed  of  thick  glass  set 
•on.    It  is  well  guarded  against  nre,  having  hollow  walls. 

edifice  is  the  best  constructed  and  most  admirably  adapted 
the  purposes  for  which  it  v/as  designed,  of  and  on  the 


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printers'  free  library. 


western  continent.  Volumes  in  the  library,  100,000.  Free 
to  all  persons  over  sixteen  years  of  age. 


MERCANTILE  LIBRARY  ASSOCIATION. 

This  valuable  institution  is  located  at  Astor  place,  Eight! 
street.  The  new  Clinton  Hall  is  one  of  the  most  com  modi 
ous  library  edifices  in  the  country.  In  the  basement  story  i- 
a  lecture-room  capable  of  seating  nine  hundred  persons.  Th- 
reading-room  is  on  the  second  floor,  90  by  60  feet.  Tl 
library  is  on  the  third  and  fourth  stories,  the  principal  roon 
being  on  the  third,  and  suiTOunded  by  Corinthian  columns 
surmounted  bv  a  splendid  dome,  and  has  room  for  the  accom 
modation  of  125,000  volumes.   Open  from  8,  A.  M.  to  9,  P.  M 

It  was  founded  in  1820,  and  is  one  of  the  most  vigorousl; 
conducted  and  flourishing  libraries  in  the  United  States. 

Any  person  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits,  or  a  clerk,  ma 
become  a  member,  'if  approved  by  the  board,  and  paying  a 
initiation  fee  of  $1.  The  annual  charge  is  S2.  Merchant 
and  others  are  admitted  to  the  use  of  the  library  and  reading 
room  by  paying  $5  annually.    Volumes  in  library,  55,000 

APPRENTICES'  LIBRARY. 

Apprentices  (who  present  a  certificate  of  good  charact< 
from  their  emplover,  parent,  or  guardian)  receive  books  grati  - 
Journeymen  and  others  upon  payment  of  $1  per  annum  a) 
entitled  to  its  privileges.  It  has  been  productive  of  gre: 
benefit  to  the  thousands  of  the  young  who  resort  hither  f( 
mutual  improvement.  Entrance  to  the  library  from  No.  4^ 
Broadway.    Number  of  volumes  in  the  library,  32,000. 

NEW  YORK  LAW  INSTITUTE  LIBRARY.  I 

Located  at  No.  45  Chambers  street.  Terms  of  memb* 
ship  $100  per  share,  subject  to  assessments. 

Number  of  volumes  in  library,  6,500.  : 


PRINTERS'  EREE  LIBRARY. 

Located  at  No.  3  Chambers  street,  and  is  open  6 
Saturday.  There  is  no  charge  made  except  where  pe] 
take  books  from  the  library,  for  which  privilege  SI  per  yt 
is  charo-ed  to  non-members.    Volumes  in  library,  3,n00. 


THE  PARKS. 


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PARKS. 

The  Battery  fronting  the  harbor,  is  the  most  attractive 
■ail  our  present  pleasure-grounds.  It  contains  eleven  acres, 
id  is  being  much  enlarged.  From  the  paved  walk  along  its 
•a  wall,  the  promenader  may  look  out  upon  the  islands,  the 
lipping,  and  the  more  distant  shores  of  Long  Island  and 
ew  Jersey,  and,  on  a  summer  evening,  may  enjoy  a  delight- 
sea-breeze  which  always  comes  up  the  bay.  To  it  thou- 
.nds  resort  during  the  hot  evenings  of  summer ;  and  a  mul- 
nide  of  children,  with  their  nurses,  gambol  there  in  fine 
eather.    On  the  southwestern  side  of  the  battery  stands — 

Castle  Garden. — This  edifice,  originally  designed  for  and 
;ed  as  a  fort,  was  called  Castle  Clinton,  in  honor  of  the  first 
publican  governor  of  the  state  of  New  York.  It  was  erected 
the  federal  government  in  1807,  and  was  used  as  a  fortifi- 
.tion  until  182-3,  when  it  was  ceded  to  the  city.  It  is  now 
;ed  by  the  commissioners  of  emigration. 

The  Bowling-Green  is  a  small  enclosure  at  the  foot 
"Broadway.  It  was  a  bowling  place  for  the  officers  of  the 
irrison  of  Fort  George,  hence  its  name.  The  iron  railing 
at  suiTOunds  it  was  placed  there  before  the  Revolution , 
he  round  heads  of  the  posts  were  broken  off  during  the  war 
id  used  for  cannon-balls.  In  the  centre  was  erected  a  statue 
■  George  III.,  in  1770.  In  July,  1776,  the  patriots  pulled  it 
)wn,  and  converted  it  into  bullets,  the  material  being  lead, 
i»vered  with  gilding.  The  fountain  and  the  stately  shade- 
ees  of  the  Bowling-Green  form  a  pleasing  ornament  to  the 
wer  part  of  the  city. 

The  City-Hall  Park  Wy>s  beyond  the  limits  of  the  city 
nil  1780,  and  was  called  the  ''Common,"  or  the  "Fields.^* 
here  military  drills  were  performed ;  and  upon  the  "  Com- 
on,"  between  the  "Brick  Church"  and  Broadway  (now the 
wer  end  of  the  Park),  the  first  Brigade  of  the  American 
my  was  drawn  up  to  hear  the  Declaration  of  Independence 
ad.  on  the  evening  of  July  9, 1776.  This  Park  is  triangular, 
ivinii  Broadway  on  the  west,  Chambers  street  on  the  north, 
id  Centre  street  and  Park  row  on  the  southeast.  It  contains 
>out  ten 'acres,  and  is  sun'ounded  by  a  strong  iron  fence, 
'ithin  it  stands  the  city-hall,  the  hall  of  records,  and  along 
hambers  street,  the  rotunda  (a  building  erected  by  John 
janderl  vn,  the  celebrated  painter,  for  the  purpose  of  exhibiting 
inoramic  paintings)  and  other  edifices  devoted  to  public  uses. 


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THE  PAKIiS. 


Fronting  the  City-Hall  is  a  ma<,mificcnt  fountain,  the  larges 
in  the  country.  Its  magnificence  does  not  consist  in  its  ar 
tistic  features :  these  are  very  simple.  It  is  the  size  am 
hei«i:ht  of  its  central  jet ;  the  extreme  beauty  of  its  numeroui 
arching  jets,  when  in  full  play,  exhibiting  in  the  sunlight  al 
the  gorgeous  tints  of  the  rainbow;  and  the  circumference  oi 
its  basin,  which  is  three  hundred  feet.  The  jets  rise  from  tht 
flowers  of  the  lotus,  or  Egyptian  water-lily,  and  the  basin  i? 
surrounded  by  a  white  marble  rim.  This,  in  turn,  is  encirclec 
by  a  row  of  flowering  shrubs,  and  plants,  and  evergreens,  an" 
the  whole  are  enclosed  within  an  iron  railing. 

St,  John's  Park,  fronting  St.  John's  church,  and  bounded  ' 
by  Hudson,  Varick,  Beach,  and  Laight  streets,  is  the  prop- ; 
erty  of  Trinity  church,  and  is  kept  for  the  exclusive  use  of  i 
the  inhabitants  whose  houses  front  upon  it,  or  those  who  may  | 
purchase  keys  of  the  keeper,  at  $10  a  year.  ! 

Washington  Square,  foi-merly  the  Potter's  Field,  is  one  1 
of  the  largest  of  the  older  public  grounds  of  the  city.  It  lies 
in  front  of  the  New  York  University,  and  is  bounded  hy 
Waverley  place,  M'Dougal,  Fourth,  and  Wooster  streets. 
It  contains  nine  and  three  quarters  acres,  handsomely  laid 
out,  and  shaded  by  thrifty  trees.  It  is  suiTOunded  by  a 
wealthy  population,  and  in  summer  is  much  resorted  to  as  a 
place  for  promenading. 

Tompkins*  Square,  formerly  a  military  parade-ground, 
is  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  city,  and  is  bounded  by  avenues 
A  and  B,  and  by  Sixth  and  Tenth  streets.  It  is  regularly 
laid  out,  but  being  comparatively  new,  its  sliade-trees  are  not 
yet  large. 

Union  Park  is  a  beautiful  oval  area,  at  the  head  of  Broad- 
way, bounded  by  University  place  (which  is  called  a  continu- 
ation of  Broadway,  at  the  Park),  the  Fourth  avenue,  and  Four- 
teenth and  Seventeenth  streets.  In  its  centre  is  a  beautiful 
fountain,  with  a  central  jet  almost  equal  to  that  of  the  City- 
Hall  park.  It  is  well  shaded  by  trees,  and  is  a  great  place 
of  resort  in  summer  afternoons  for  children  living  in  its  vi- 
cinity. 

Adjoining  this  park  stands  the  Equestrian  Statue  of  Wash- 
ington, executed  by  Mr.  H.  K.  Brown,  for  an  association  of 
patriotic  gentlemen,  at  an  expense  of  $30,000.  Washington 
is  represented  on  horseback,  with  his  right  arm  outstretched, 
as  if  restraining  the  ardor  of  his  soldiers.  He  is  seated  easily 
upon  his  saddle  with  the  old  continental  hat  in  his  left  hand.  M 
It  is  formed  of  rich  bronze,  88  parts  being  of  copper,  9  of  tin,  ive 


THE  PARKS. 


2  of  zinc,  and  1  of  lead,  and  weighs  4  tons.  The  height  of 
the  statue  is  fourteen  feet,  which  is  also  the  height  of  the 
pedestal.  • 

Stuyvesant  Square,  which  lies  in  front  of  the  new  St. 
Georire's  church,  is  between  Fifteenth  and  Seventeenth  streets. 
The  Second  avenue  passes  through  its  centre,  making  it  in 
fact  two  separate  squares.  In  the  portion  directly  in  front  of 
the  church  is  a  fountain.  The  square  is  tastefully  laid  out, 
and  planted  with  trees,  shrubbery,  and  flowering  herbs.  The 
•round  was  presented  to  the  corporation  by  the  late  Peter  G. 
Stuyvesant. 

Grammercy  Park,  a  beautiful  little  square,  bounded  by 
'Tv.entieth  and  Twenty-first  streets,  and  lying  between  Third 
land  fourth  avenues,  is  private  property,  belonging  to  the 
[owners  of  the  ground  around,  and  by  them  kept  in  order,  at 
jin  annual  expense  to  each  of  SIO.  It  is  enclosed  in  an  iron 
failing,  and  a  thick  hedge  of  the  sweet-prim.  It  is  shaded  by 
Tees,  and  ornamented  with  shrubbery.  In  its  centre  is  a  very 
)eautiful  fountain. 

I  Madison  Square,  beautifully  laid  out,  is  bounded  by 
Fifth  and  Madison  avenues,  and  Twenty-third  and  Twenty- 
sixth  streets.  It  has  been  laid  out  in  walks,  and  planted  with 
irees.  Around  it,  elegant  mansions  have  been  erected,  and 
it  is  now  the  fashionable  quarter  of  th*^  town, 
t  Hamilton  Square,  a  handsome  piece  of  rolling  ground 
t)etween  the  Third  and  Fifth  avenues  and  Sixty-eighth  and 
Jixty-ninth  streets,  has  not  yet  been  laid  out  and  planted. 
Within  it  the  corner-stone  of  a  monument  in  honor  of  Wash- 
ington was  laid  a  few  years  ago,  with  imposing  ceremonies. 
Hamilton  square  is  four  and  a  half  miles  from  the  City-Hall. 

:  Blocmingdale  Square^js  between  the  Eighth  and  Ninth 
.venues  and  Fifty-third  and  Fifty-seventh  streets.  It  is  upon 
iigh  ground,  and  when  regulated,  will  be  one  of  the  finest 
mblie  resorts  in  the  city.  It  contain^  seventeen  acres.  Its 
listance  from  the  City-Hall  is  four  miles. 

Manhattan  Square,  also  between  the  Eighth  and  Ninth 
venues,  and  bounded  by  Seventy-seventh  and  Eighty-first 
treers,  is  vet  in  a  rough  state.  It  is  five  miles  from  the 
py-Hall.  " 

Mount  Morris,  near  Harlem,  is  a  rocky  elevation  in  the 
3ntre  of  a  public  square  between  120th  and  124th  streets, 
nd  extending  on  each  side  of  the  Fifth  avenue.  Neither  the 
venue  nor  the  streets  are  vet  opened. 

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THE  CROTON  AQUEDUCT. 


Central  Park. — This  magnificent  park  is  bounded  \>j 
Fifth  and  Eighth  avenues,  and  Fifty-ninth  and  One  hundred 
and  tenth  streets,  and  contains  seven  hundred  and  seventy-six 
acres.  In  this  park  is  located  the  state  arsenal,  embracing 
fourteen  acres ;  the  Croton  reservoir,  containing  thirty-eight 
acres ;  and  the  new  reservoir  containing  one  hundred  and 
twelve  acres ;  and  when  its  walks  and  drives  are  completed, 
and  trees  and  shrubbery  planted,  it  will  be  the  most  extensive 
and  beautiful  public  })ark  on  the  continent. 

Th(i  following  are  some  of  its  proposed  drives  and  walks 
First.  A  principal  road  or  drive  which  shall,  in  its  entire : 
extent,  embrace  every  feature  of  importance  within  its  limits.  1 
This  drive  to  be  wide  enough  to  admit  of  its  being  used  by  a  4 
large  number  and  variety  of  vehicles  at  the  same  time  ;  to  be  i 
long  enough  for  an  afternoon's  drive,  without  passing  over ' 
the  same  ground  twice. 

Second.  Another  drive,  secluded  in  its  character,  to  be  used 
by  such  persons  as  desire  to  be  more  retired. 

*  Third.  Certain  roads  devoted  to  equestrians,  to  the  exclu 
sion  of  vehicles.  i 
Fourth.  Certain  walks  devoted  exclusively  to  pedestrians,  i 
Fifth.  Certain  transverse  roads  at  convenient  distances,  to  i 
allow  of  an  easy  transit  across  the  park  for  business  and  other  I 
purposes. 

Sixth.  A  level  space  prepared  for  and  allotted  to  military 
exercises,  either  by  infantry,  cavalry,  or  artillery. 

Seventh.  Spaces  devoted  to  botanical  and  horticultural  pur- 
poses. 


THE  CROTON  AaUEDUCT. 

This  vast  public  work,  grand  in  its  design  and  beneficent 
in  its  results,  is  one  of  the  great  triumphs  of  art  and  effort  in 
the  improvement  of  society  for  which  this  century  is  dis- 
tinguished. It  exhibits  a  people  of  a  great  city  seizing  a 
river  of  pure  water  in  t^e  distant  country,  and  bringing  a  large 
portion  of  its  volume,  through  innumerable  conduits,  into 
their  streets  and  houses,  for  the  promotion  of  health  and  com- 
fort. The  great  work  of  bringing  the  waters  of  the  Croton 
river  into  the  city  of  New  York  was  commenced  in  1835 ;  and 
the  aqueduct  and  reservoir  were  completed  in  1842,  at  an  ex- 
pense of  $12,000,000.  The  distance  from  the  Croton  Dam, 
in  Westchester,  to  the  Battery,  in  New  York,  is  fifty  miles. 
The  length  of  the  aqueduct,  from  the  dam  to  the  Harlem 
river  at  173d  street,  where  it  crosses  that  stream  and  first 


THT5  HIGH  BRIDGE. 


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;aches  Manhattan  island,  is  thirty-two  and  three  fourths 
liles.  To  that  point  the  water  flows  uninterruptedly  through 
conduit  of  hydraulic  masonwork,  seven  and  a  half  feet  in 
eight  and  seven  feet  in  width,  with  a  descent  of  about  one 
»ot  to  the  mile.  The  "  High  Bridge,^'  as  the  structure  across 
le  Harlem  river  is  called,  will  be  noticed  presently.  The 
ater  is  first  seen  at  the  receiving  reservoirs,  between  the 
iixth  and  Seventh  avenues  at  Yorkville,  and  is  there  exposed 
)  evaporation  and  quiet  for  purification.  From  this  vast 
ijk  it  is  conveyed  in  a  double  line  of  iron  pipes,  three  feet 
I  diameter,  under  the  Fifth  avenue  to  the  distributing  reser- 
oir  at  Forty-second  street  (see  reservoirs),  from  which  it  is 
mt  to  all  parts  of  the  city  through  iron  pipes  of  various  di- 
lensions  laid  under  the  streets.  The  water  is  likewise  con- 
3yed  to  Blackweirs  island  for  the  use  of  the  city-institutions 
lere,  through  pipes  of  gutta-percha. 

■  The  average  supply  of  water  is  30,000,000  of  gallons  daily, 
'his  supply  may  be  increased  to  60,000,000. 
Croton  lake,  formed  by  damming  that  river  for  the  purposes 
f  the  waterworks,  is  created  by  the  dam,  250  feet  in  length 
ad  38  feet  in  width  at  the  base,  which  stretches  across  the 
:ream.  This  checking  of  the  river  has  produced  a  beautiful 
ike,  five  miles  in  extent,  and  covering  about  400  acres  of 
iind.  Its  capacity  is  estimated  at  .550,000,000  of  gallons  of 
rater,  above  the  level  of  the  aqueduct,  and  will  allow  the 
ischarge  of  60,000,000  daily. 


THE  HIGH  BRIDGE. 

i  This  magnificent  structure  is  the  suppr^rt  of  the  Croton 
queduct  in  its  passage  over  the  Harlem  river,  at  173d  street, 
I  even  miles  from  the  City- Hall.    The  whole  length  of  the 


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THE  CROTON  RESERVOIKS. 


bridge  is  1,450  feet.  It  rests  upon  arches  supported  by  four- 
teen piers  of  heavy  masonry,  eight  of  them  80  feet  span,  and 
six  of  50  feet.  The  average  height  of  the  bridge  is  114  feet 
above  tidewater ;  its  total  cost,  S900,000.  The  easiest  mode 
of  access  from  the  city  is  to  go  to  in  the  Harlem  railroad  cars 
to  Harlem,  where  stages  are  in  waiting  to  carry  passengers 
to  the  High  Bridge. 


The  receiving  reservoir  is  bounded  by  Seventy-ninth  and 
Eighty-sixth  streets  and  the  Sixth  and  Seventh  avenues.  It 
is  oblong  in  form,  being  1,825  feet  in  length,  and  836  in 
width,  measuring  from  the  exterior  of  the  embankment.  The 
water  covers  an  area  of  35  acres.  It  is  separated  into  two 
divisions  by  a  strong  partition  of  mason-work,  and  is  so  con- 
structed that  one  portion  may  be  full,  for  the  supply  of  the 
city,  while  the  other  may  be  drained  for  the  pui-pose  of  re- 
pairs or  cleansing.  The  capacity  of  the  two  divisions  is 
150,000,000  of  gallons. 

The  Third  and  Second  avenue  railroad  cars,  which  leave 
the  City-Hall  and  Peck  Slip  every  faw  minutes,  convey  passen- 
gers within  a  short  walk  of  the  resei*^'oir,  fare  6  cents.  The 
Harlem  railway  cars,  which  stop  at  Yorkville,  leave  passen- 
gers still  nearer  for  12  cents. 

The  distributing  reservoir  is  on  the  west  side  of  the  Fifth 
avenue,  between  Fortieth  and  Forty-second  streets.  It  is 
square,  and  measures  420  feet  upon  each  side,  from  the  cor- 
nices upon  the  outside  of  the  walls.  It  has  an  area  of  four 
acres,  separated  into  two  equal  divisions,  for  the  purposes 
mentioned  in  noticing  the  receiving  reservoir.  It  has  an 
average  elevation  of  44  feet  above  the  surrounding  streets,  and 
may  contain  23,000,000  gallons  of  water.  Upon  the  top  is  a 
very  line  promenade,  made  secure  on  the  outside  by  a  strong 
battlement  of  granite,  and  next  to  the  water  by  an  iron  rail- 
ing. From  the  top  may  be  seen  the  whole  upper  portion  of 
the  city  and  surrounding  scenery.  Access  to  this  noble  prom-, 
enade  is  free.    Fare  by  railroad  10  cent  .  I 


It  is  located  within  the  Central  Park,  fronting  on  Fifth 
avenue,  extending  from  Eighty-sixth  to  Ninty-sixth  street, 
and  contains  112  acres. 


THE  CROTON  RESERVOIRS. 


NEW  RECEIVING  RESERVOIR. 


CHURCHES  IN  NEW  YORK. 


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CHURCHES  IIV  NEW  TORK. 


Baptist. 

Abyssinian,  166  Waverley  place. 

Amity  Street. 

Antioch,  564  Bleecker. 

Bbbkan,  3S  Downing. 

Bkthksda,  91  E.  22d  St.,  n.  3d  av. 

Bloomingda  .e,  Eighth  av.,  c  W.  43d  8t. 

Calvary,  50  W.  23d  at. 

Cannon,  32  Cannon. 

^iFTH  Avenue,  c.  W.  46th  at. 

r<'iR5T,  Broome  at.,  n.  Bowery. 

First  Iterman,  19  avenue  A. 

FiRsr  Mariners',  234  Cherry. 

Freewill,  24  \V.  28th  at 

Harlem,  Fifth  av,,  n.  126th  at 

LAiiHT  Street,  c.  Varick. 

Maodol-gal,  24  Macdougal. 

Madison  Avenue,  c.  E.  3l8t  at. 

MovNT  Olia-et,  Broadway,  c.  W.  47th  at. 

North,  126  Christopher. 

Pilgrim,  W.  33d  at.,  n.  8th  av. 

SixTU  Street,  211  6th  av. 

Sixteenth  St.,  257  W.  16tK, 

South  St.,  147  W.^5th  at. 

Stanton  St.,  36  Stanton. 

Tabernacle,  162  2d  av. 

Welch,  141  Chrystie. 

Yoekville,  E.  S3d  St.,  n.  2d  av. 

Congregational* 

Bethesda  (Colored),  667  6th  av. 
Church  of  Puritans,  Union  pL,  c  loth  at. 
Tabernacle,  6th  av.,  W.  34th  at. 
Welch,  33d  st,  E.  11th. 

]>utcli  Reformed. 

Blooming  dale,  Broadway,  W.  5Sth  st. 

Collegiate,  Lafayette  place,  c.  4th  st. 

Fourth  German,' 112  W.  29th  at. 

German  Evang'l  Mission,  141  E.  Houston. 

German  Rbformkd  Peot.,  129  Norfolk. 

Gkeknwich,  631  6th  av. 

Harlsm,  3d  av.,  E.  12l9t  st. 

^IA.^^IATTAN  71  av.  B. 

Market  St.,  c.  Henry.  ^. 

Mi.>5<ioN,  317  Madison. 

Mount  Pleasant,  158  E.  50th  at. 

North  Dutch,  William,  c  Fulton. 

Prospect  Avenue,  3d  av.,  E.  87th  at. 

South,  5th  av,,  c.  W.  2l8t  st. 

Tk:rd  German  Mission,  147  Duane. 

Thirty-fourth  St.,  307  W.  34th. 

T-.venty-first  St.,  47  W.Slat. 

Union,  25  6th  av. 

\Va:-hington  Heights. 

Washington  Squaeh,  University  place. 

West  Twenty-seventh  St.,  c  6th  av. 

Metliodist  Episcopal. 

Alanson,  52  Norfolk. 
Allen  St.,  Allen,  n.  Delancey. 
Bedford  St.,  28  Morton. 
Beekman  Hill,  E.  50th  n.  2d  av. 
Central,  44  7th  avenue. 
DuANK  St.,  294  Hudson. 
Eighteenth  St.,  193  W.  13th. 
First,  37  Attorney. 


Fiftieth  St.,  Lexington  av.,  c.  E,  53d, 

Fifty -third  St.,  133  W.  53d. 

Forsyth  St.,  10  Forsyth. 

Forty-third  St.,  177*  W.  43d. 

German,  256  2d  avenue. 

Greene  St.,  59  Greene. 

Harlem,  E.  125th  st.,  n.  3d  avenue. 

Hedding  Mission,  170  E.  17th  at. 

Jane  St.,  13  Jane. 

John  St,,  44  John. 

Rose  Hill,  125  E.  27th  st. 

St.  Paul's,  4th  av.,  c.  E.  22d  at. 

Second  Avenue,  276  2d  av. 

Seventh  Street,  7th  st.,  n.  3d  av. 

Thirtieth  St.,  207  30th. 

Thirty-seventh  St.,  129  E.  37th. 

TRiNiri',  248  W.  .34th  st. 

TWENTI  -FOURTH  St.,  251  W.  24th. 

Washington  Square,  137  W.  4th  at, 

WiLLET  St.,  7  Willet. 

Yorkville,  E.  86  st.  n.  4th. 


Presbyterian. 

Allen  St.,  61  Allen. 

African  (Colored),  157  W.  28th  st. 

Brick,  5th  avenue,  c.  31st  at. 

Canal  St.,  90  Canal. 

Central,  Broome,  n.  Elm. 

Chelsea,  261  W.  23d  st. 

Eleventh,  avenue  C,  c.  4th  at. 

Fifteenth  St.,  71  East  15th  at. 

Fifth  Avenue,  c,  E.  19th  st. 

Forty-second  St.,  139  W.  42d  st. 

FouRT*:  Avenue,  c.  E.  22d  st. 

Fourteenth  St.,  c.  2d  avenue. 

French  Evangelical,  Grand,  c.  Crosby. 

German,  290  Madison. 

Harlem,  126th  st.,  n.  3d  avenue. 

Lexington  Av.,  c.  E.  46th  st. 

Madison  Avbnuk,  c.  E.  29th  at. 

Madison  Square,  Madison  av,,  c.  E.  Mth. 

Manhattanville,  Manhattanville. 

Mercer  St.,  n.  Waverley  place.** 

North,  9th  avenue,  c.  West  3l8t  st. 

Prince  St,,  Prince,  c,  Marion. 

Seventh  St.,  Broome,  c.  Ridge. 

Spring  St.,  246  Spring. 

Scotch,  49  W.  i4th  st. 

Thirteenth  St..  115  West  13th. 

TwEN-TY-THiRD  St,,  138  West  33d. 

L^NivERSiTY-  Place,  c.  10th  st. 

Washington  Heights. 

We  't,  VV.  42d,  n,  5th  av. 

West  Fiftieth,  166  W.  50th  st, 

Yoekville,  East  87th  st.,  n.  3d  av. 

Reformed  Presbyterian* 

First,  67  12th  st. 
Second,  167  W.  Uth  st. 
Third,  283  W,  23d  st, 
Sullivan  St.,  101  Sullivan. 

United  Presbyterian. 

Charles  St.,  41  Charles, 

FoET\  -FouRTH  St,,  between  9th  &  10th  avsp 

Jane  St.,  41  Jane. 

Sixth,  33d  st.,  E.  11th.  * 


54  CJILHCHES   IN   .SEW  YORK. 


Sevknth  Av.,  29  7th  av. 
TWBNTY-EIGHTH  St.,  252  W.  28tk  8t. 
West  Tttonty-fifth  St.,  ]05  Vf.  25th. 

Unitarian, 

Messiah  154  W.  11th  st. 
Third,  W.  40th  st,,  n.  6th  av. 

Universalist* 

Second,  E.  11th  st.,  c.  2d  av. 
Sixth,  116  W.  20th  st. 

Friends, 

East  Fifteenth  St.,  c.  Rutherford  place. 
Twentieth  St.,  E.  iiOth,  n.  3d  av. 
TWENTY-SKVE.NTH  St.,  43d  St.,  W.  27th. 

Jewisli  Synagogues. 

Ahaba-  Cheskd,  127  Columbia. 
Anshi  Chesed,  148  Norfolk. 
Beth  Abraham,  9  Henry. 
Beth  Ex.,  1104  Broadway. 
Beth  Elohi.m,  51  Division. 
Beth  Ha.vidrash,  514  Pearl. 
Beth  Israel,  56  Chrystie. 
Bnai  Israel,  63  Chrystie. 
B.nai  Jeshcrun,  164  Greene. 
RoDELPH  Shalom,  S  Clinton, 
Shaarai  Rachmim,  156  Attorney. 
Shaarai  Shamayim,  122  Attorney. 
Shaarai  Tephila,  112  Wooster. 
Shaarai  Zei>eck,  3S  Henry. 
Shearith  Israel,  56  Crosby. 
Temple,  84  East  Twelfth  st. 


liUtlieran. 

AvBNUE  B,  c.  9th  St. 

St.  James's,  103  E.  15th  st. 

St.  John's,  81  Christopher. 

St.  Luke's,  208  W,  43d  st. 

St.  Marcus,  52  6th  st. 

St.  Matthew's,  Walker,  c.  Cortland  alley. 

St.  P^gMb^^^  ^th  avecne. 

Setus,  5p7  3d  avenue, 

YoRKVifiB;  E.  87  n.  4th  avenue. 


African  Ifletliodist 
Episcopal. 

African  Union,  161  W.  15th  st. 
Bethel,  214  S'illivan. 
ZiON,  331  Bleecker. 


Protestant  Episcopal. 

Advent,  709  6th  avenue. 

All  Angels',  W.  86th  st.,  n.  ■7th  av. 

All  Saints',  228  Henry  st. 

Annunciation,  W.  14th  st.,  n.  6th  av. 

Ascension,  5th  avenue,  c.  10th  st. 

Calvary,  4th  av.,  c.  E.  21st  st. 

Christ  Church,  W.  18th  st.,  n.  5th  av. 

Emmanuel,  Thompson,  c.  Prince. 

Epiphany,  130  Stanton. 

Good  Shepherd,  E.  50th  st.,  c.  2d  4iv. 

Grace,  Broadway,  c.  10th  st. 

Holy  Aposxlb%  9th  av.,  c.  W.  28th  st. 


Holy  Communion,  6th  av.,  c.  W,  20th  «t. 
Holy  Evangelists,  Clitf,  c.  Beekman. 
Holy  Innoce.nts,  W.  37th.,  n.  Broadway. 
Holy  Martyrs,  65  Ludlow  st. 
Incarnation,  E.  20th  st.,  c.  Madigon  av. 
Interces.sion,  154th  st.,  10th  av. 
Madison  Street  Mlssion,  256  MadiBOn. 
Mediator,  Lexington  avenue,  c.  30th  et. 
Memorial,  105  W.  48th  st. 
Messiah  (Colored),  121  Wooster. 
Mission,  Clinton  Hall,  Astor  place. 
Nativity,  70  avenue  C. 
Reconciliation  150  E.  SUt  st. 
Redeemf,r,  Yorkville. 
Redemption,  98  E.  14th  st. 
Resurrection,  65  W.  35th  st. 
St.  Alban's,  125  E.  5(ith  st. 
St.  Andrew's,  Harlem. 
St.  Ann's  (Deaf  mutes),  University  Buiid- 
ings. 

St.  Bartholomew's,  Lafayette  pi.,  c.  Great 

Jones  St. 
St.  Clement's,  108  Amity  st. 
St.  George's,  Rutherford  place,  n.  E.  16th. 
St.  James's,  East  69th  st..  n.  3d  av. 
St.  John  the  Baptist,  Lexington  avenut- 

c.  Eafet  35th  et. 
St.  John  the  Evange#st,  Hammond,  ^. 

Waverley  place. 
St.  John's,  Varick,  n.  Beach. 
St.  Luke's,  Hudson,  opposite  Grove. 
St.  Mark's,  Stuyvesant,  n.  2d  avenue. 
St.  Mary's,  Manhattanville. 
St.  Michael's,  Bloomingdale. 
St.  Paul's,  Broadway,  n.  Fulton. 
St.  Paul's,  Harlem. " 
St.  Peter's,  224  West  20th  st. 
St.  Stephen's,  Broome,  c.  Chrystie. 
St.  Thomas's,  Broadway,  c.  Houston. 
St.  Timothy's,  W.  54th  st.,  N.  8th  av. 
Transfiguration,  29th  st.,  n,  3d  av. 
Trinity,  Broadway,^  Rector. 
Trinity  Chapel,  25m  St.,  n.  Broadway. 
ZioN,  Madison  av.,  c,  E.  38th  st. 
ZiON  Chapel,  E.  33d  st.,  c.  2d  av. 


Roman  Catbolic 

Assumption,  W.  49th  st.,  N.  9th  avenue. 

Annunciation,  Manhattanville. 

Holy  Redeemer,  149  3d  st. 

Holy  Cross,  West  42d  St.,  n.  8th  av. 

Immaculate  Conception,  245  E.  14th  st. 

Nativity,  46  2d  avenue. 

St.  Alphonsus,  10  Thompson. 

St.  Andrew's,  Duane,  c.  City  Hall  place. 

St.  Ann's,  Astor  place. 

St.  Boniface,  47th  st.,  n.  2d  av. 

St.  Bridget's,  avenue  B.,  c.  8th  st. 

St.  Columba's,  211  West  25th  st. 

St.  Francis's  (German),  W.  3l6t,  n.  6th  av. 

St,  Francis  Xavieb's,  36  W.  16th  st. 

St.  Gabriel's,  179  E.  36th  st. 

St.  James's,  32  James.   

St,  John  Evangelist,  E.  50th  st.  n.  5th  av. 
St.  John  the  Baptist  (Ger.),  125  W.  30th. 
St.  Joseph's,  6th  av.,  c.  W.  Washington 
place. 

St.  Joseph's  (German),  9tli  av.,  c.  W.  126th. 
St.  Lawrence's,  E.  84th,  between  3d  and 

4th  avenues. 
St.  Mary's,  Grand,  c.  Ridge. 


BANKS  IN  NEVA  YORK. 


55 


;t.  Michabl'5,  254  W.  32d  st. 

;t.  Nicholas  (German),  125  2d  st. 

iT.  Patrick's  Cathedral,  Mott,  c.  Prince. 

;t.  Paul's,  117th  st.,  n.  4th  avenue. 

.T.  Peter's,  Barclay,  c.  Church. 

.T.  Stephen's,  East  iSth  St.,  n.  3d  av. 

.T.  Teresa's.  Rutger,  c.  Henry. 

•T.  Vincent  de  Paul,  I'io  W.  23d  st. 

"ransfiguratiox,  ^lott,  c.  Cross. 

Itliscellaneous. 

'hristian  Israelites,  108  1st  st. 
''KST  Congregational  Methodist,  149 
West  16th  St. 


I  Colored  Congregational,  25  f;th  st. 
j  German  Evangelical.  59  \V.  41st  st. 
I  German  Reformed,  163  E.  33d  st. 
;  German  Reformed,  s7  Suffolk. 

Mariners',  Madison,  c.  Catharine. 

Mission  Chapel,  106  Centre. 

Primitive  Christian,  74  W.  17th  st. 

Seventh  Day  Baptist,  20  E.  11th  st. 

Union  Mission,  42  Baxter. 

United  Brethren  (Moravian),  Houston 
c.  Mott. 

United  Protestant,  1130  Broadwar. 
Welch  Congregational,  33  E.  Hth  st. 
Welch  Methobist  Calvinistic,  78  Allen 
street. 


BANKS  IN 

iMERTCAN  Exchange,  12S  Broadway. 
aLANTic,  142  Broadway. 
iANK  OF  America,  46  Wall. 
;ank  of  Commerce,  Nassau,  c.  Cedar. 
iANK  of  New  York,  4S  Wall. 
;ank  of  North  America,  44  Wall. 
;ank  of  State  of  New  York,  33  William 
Iank  of  the  Commonwealth,  15  Nassau 
•ANK  of  the  Republic, Wall,  c.  Broadway 
■ROADWAY.  337  Broadway. 
•ull's  Head,  314  3d  avenue. 
utchers  and  Drovers',  12  Bowery. 
'hath am,  1S2  Bowery. 
hkmical,  270  Broadway. 
'iTizENs',  5S  Bowery. 
'iTY,  52  Wall. 
ONTiNENTAL,  7  Nassau. 
'ORN  Exchange,  18  W^illiam. 
»RY  Dock,  avenue  C,  c.  10th  st. 
■  AST  River,  680  Broadway. 
ULTON,  Fulton,  c.  Pearl. 
reenwtch,  402  Hudson. 
ROCERs',  59  Barclay. 
[anover,  33  Nassavi. 

vipORTERS  AND  TRADERS',  247  Broadway. 
aviNG,  Greenwich,  c.  Warren. 
EATHER  Manufacturers',  29  Wall. 
Ianhattan,  40  Wall. 
Ianufacturers  and  Merchants',  561 

Broadway. 
[arine,  90  Wall. 
Iarket,  Pearl,  c.  Beekman. 
Iechanics',  33  Wall. 

[echanics'  Banking  Association,  38 
:  Wall. 

I  Savings 

rrLANTic,  1S3  Chatham  st. 
Iank  for  Savings,  67  Bleecker. 
pwERY,  130  Bowery. 
poADv.'AY,  4  Park  place. 
ITIZENS',  58  Bowery. 
jRY  Dock,  663  4th  'street. 
[APT  River,  3  Chamber. 
migrant  Industrial,  51  Chambers. 
RANKLiN,  594  bth  avenue. 
PEMAN,  70  East  14th  St. 
reenwich,  73  6th  avenue. 
Iarlem,  1948  3d  avenue. 


NEW  YORK. 

Mechanics  and  Traders',  153  Bowery. 
Mercantile,  191  Broadway. 
Merchants',  42  Wall. 
Merchants'  Exchange,  957  Broadway. 
Metropolitan,  108  Broadway. 
Nassau,  Nassau,  c.  Beekman. 
National,  36  Wall. 
New  York  County,  SI  8th  avenue. 
New  York    National    Exchange,  1 

Greenwich. 
North  River,  187  Greenwich. 
Ocean,  Greenwich,  c.  Fulton. 
Oriental,  122  Bowery. 
Pacitic,  470  Broadway. 
Park,  3  Beekman. 
People's,  395  Canal. 
Phenix,  45  Wall. 
St.  Nicholas,  7  Wall. 
Seventh' Ward,  234  Pearl. 
Shoe  and  Leather,  271  Broadway. 
Tradesman's,  291  Broadway. 
Union,  34  Wall. 

National  Banks. 

Central,  73  Duane. 

First,  140  Broadway.  ^  ♦ 

Second,  5th  avenue,  c.  W.  23d  st.  Jt'^ 
Third,  19  Nassau. 
Fourth,  27  Pine. 
Fifth,  338  3d  avenue. 
Sixth,  W.  35th  st.,  c.  Broadway. 
Eighth,  650  Broadway. 
Ninth,  363  Broadway. 
Tenth,  240  Broadway. 

Banks. 

Institution  for  Savings  of  Merchants' 

Clerks,  516  Broadway. 
Irving,  96  Warren. 
Manhattan,  644  Broadway. 
>Iariners'  Savings  Institition,  1  3d  av. 
Market,  82  Nassau. 
Mechanics  and  Traders',  283  Bowery. 
New  York,  W.  14th  st.,  e.  8th  avenue. 
Seamen's  78  Wall. 
Sixpenny,  Clinton  Hall,  Astor  place. 
Third  Avenue,  328  3d  avenue. 
Union  Dime,  429  Canal. 


56 


INSURANCE  COMPANIKR. 


Fire  Insurance  Companies. 


Adriatic,  139  Broadway. 

American,  48  Wall. 

American  Exchanob,  128  Broadway. 

Arctic,  18  Wall. 

AsTOE,  16  WalL 

Baltic,  650  Broadway. 

Bkekman,  10  WalL 

Bov.'Euv,  124  Bowery. 

Brkvoort,  70  W'all. 

Bkoadwav,  158  Broadway, 

Central  Park. 

Citizens',  156  Broadway. 

City,  58  WalL 

Clinton,  156  Broadway. 

Columbia,  161  Broadway. 

Commerce,  161  Broadway. 

Commercial,  49  W^alL 

Commonwealth,  151  Broadway. 

Continental,  102  Broadway. 

Corn  Exchange,  16  William. 

Croton,  180  Broadway. 

Eagle.  "1  WalL 

East  Rivke  69  Wall. 

Elliott,  46  Pine. 

Empire  Cm',  102  Broadway. 

Enterprise,  163  Fulton. 

Equitable,  58  WalL 

Etna,  170  Broadway. 

Excelsior,  130  Broadway. 

Exchange,  170  Broadway. 

Fireman's  Fund,  'jOO  Broadway. 

Firemen's,  83  WalL 

Franklin,  27  Wall. 

Fulton,  172  Broadway. 

Gallatin,  96  Broadway. 

Gkbhard,  1  Pine. 

Germama,  4  WalL 

Globe,  Greenwich,  c.  Fulton. 

Goodhue,  17  Wall. 

Greenwich,  400  Hudwn. 

Grocers',  76  Wall. 

Hamilton,  11  W^alL 

Hanover,  45  Wall. 

HARMomr,  158  Broadway. 

Home.  135  Broadway. 


;  Hope,  92  Broadway. 
I  Howard,  66  WalL 
Humboldt,  10  Wall. 

Importers  and  Traders',  100  Broadway 

Indemnity',  207  Broadway. 

International,  113  Broadway. 

Irving,  9  WalL 

Jefferson,  60  WalL 

Knickerbocker,  64  WalL 

Lamar,  50  WalL 

Lenox,  16  WalL 

Ix)rillard,  104  Broadway. 

Manhattan,  68  WalL 

Manufacturers',  46  Pine. 

Mechanics  and  Traders',  48  Wall. 

Mercantile,  166  Broadway. 

Merchants',  106  Broadway. 

Metropolitan,  108  Broadway, 

National,  52  Wall. 

New  Amsterdam,  20  "WalL 

New  World,  151  Broadway. 

New  York  Fire  and  Mari>«,  72  Wall, 

Niagara,  67  Wall. 

North  America,  114  Broadway. 

North  River,  202  Greenwich. 

Pacific,  72  WalL 

Park,  237  Broadway. 

Peoples',  66  Wall. 

Peter  Cooper,  3d  av.,  c.  9th,  and  74  Wall, 
Relief,  8  WalL 
Republic,  16  Wall.' 
Resolute,  3  Nassau. 
Rutger's,  67  WalL 
St.  Mark's,  67  Wall. 
St.  Nicholas,  166  Broadway. 
Security,  31  Pine. 
Standard,  11  WalL 
Stirling,  6  WalL 
Stuyvesant  ,  122  Bowery. 
Sun  Mutual,  49  \WUL 
Tradesman's,  14  Wall. 
Union  Mutual,  61  William- 
UN  ited  States,  69  WalL 
Washlngton,  172  Broadway. 


ITIarine  Insurance  Companies. 

Astok  Mutual,  45  Wail.  1  Mercantile  Mutual,  35  WalL 

Atlantic  Mutual,  51  Wall.  New  York  Mutual,  50  WalL 

Commercial  Mltual,  50  WalL  Ocean,  70  WalL 

Columbian,  1  Nassau.  Orient  Mutual,  2  Merchants  Ex. 

Globe  Mutual,  37  WalL  Pacific  Mutual,  111  Broadway. 

Great  Western,  33  Pine.  Sun  Mlttal  ,  49  WalL 

International,  33  Wall  i 

liife  Insurance  Companies. 

international,  71  WalL  I  New  York,  106  Broadway. 

Knickerbocker,  17  WiUiam-  |  New  York  Life  and  Trust,  52  WalL 

Manhattan,  33  Nassau.  [  United  States,  40  WalL 

Mutual,  111  Broadway.  i 

Trust  Companies. 

Farmers'  L9AN  and  Trust  Company,  28  f  United  States  Trust  Company,  40  Wall, 

Exchang^lace.  United  States,  43  Wall. 

Farmers'  Wan,  56  Wall.  I  Union,  Broadway,  c.  Rector. 


TABLE  OF  DISTAXCKS — FERRIES.  67 


TABLE  OF  DISTANCES. 


FROM  THE 

FROM  THE 

TO 



FROM  THE 

FROM  THE 

TO 

-  - 

BATTERl. 

CITY  HALL. 

BATTERY. 

CITY-HALL. 

Miles. 



Mil  €6. 

Miles. 

Miles. 

t 

Rector  st 

88th  8t 

Fulton. 

93d. 

4 

Warren. 

6 

97th. 

1 

i 

4 

Leonard. 

< 

ft 

102d. 

^ 

Cnnal. 

107th. 

Spring. 

it 

6| 

112th. 

1 

Houston. 

7 

117th, 

2 

H 

4  th  8t 

8 

121st. 

u 

9tii. 

8i 

126th.. 

14th. 

130th. 

?^ 

2 

]7th. 

8 

136th. 

3 

24i:h, 

9 

8i 

140th. 

?f 
3^ 

2i-';h. 

85- 

145th. 

2? 

34.  h. 

ot 

8| 

150th. 

3f 

3 

3.^:h. 

9| 

9 

154  th. 

4 

3i 

44  ;h. 

10 

159th. 

44- 

3i 

49!:h. 

101 

9I 

164th 

4 

3-^ 

54th." 

lOi 

9| 

169th! 

4 

lOf 

10 

174th. 

63d. 

11 

lOi 

179ch. 

GSth. 

iH 

Hi 

lOi 

i83d. 

7:Jd. 

105 

188ch. 

if 

TSrh. 

iif 

11 

193d. 

6 

S.id. 

FERRIES. 


NAME. 


I 


Hamilton  Avenue  - . . 

South  Ferry  

U'all  Street  

Fulton  

Roosevelt  

Hap.lkm  

Cath-^rine  Street 

Jackson   

Division  Av  

Grand  St  

Houston  St  

Greenpoint  

Blackwell  s  Island. 

hurlgate  - 

Jkbsey  City  

Barclay  St  

Canal  St  

Christopher  St  

Staten  Island  

Do  

Astoria  


Whitohali  st,  N.  Y. 
Do. 

Wall  8t  

Fulton  e|j,  E.  R... 

Rooseveu  st,  

Peck  slip  

Catharine  st  

Gouverneur  st  

Grand  st.,£.  R  

Do. 

Houston  st  

Tenth  st,  E.  R  

Ft  of  6l8t  st,  E.  R. 
Ft  of  86th  St.,  E.  R. 

Cortland  st  

Barclay  st  

Canal  st  

Christopher  st  

Whitehall  st  

Do. 

Fulton  Market  


Hamilton  av.,  B... 
Atlantic. 
Montague  st. 
FuIton"st 
Bridge  st 
Harlem  Bridge. 
Main  st 

Bridge  st  

South  7th,  E.  R... 
Grand  st,  E,  R... 
Do. 

Greenpoint  

Blackwell's  island. 
Ast.  <fc  Rav'wood. 
Jersey  City,  N.  J. . 
Hoboken,  N.  J.... 

Do. 

Do. 

Stapleton  

New  Brighton  

Astoria  


Distance. 


1773  yds. 
1478 

1150 

730 
1450 
S  miles. 

744  yds, 

639 

731 

764 
1026 
1636 

617 
1802 
3043 

1839 

5^  milef 


FIRE  DISTRICTS. 


FIRE  DISTRICTS. 

The  city  is  divided  into  eight  fire  districts,  as  follows  : 
1st.  All  that  part  lying  north  of  Twenty-second  street  and 

east  of  Sixth  avenue. 
2d.  All  north  of  Twenty-second  street,  and  West  of  Sixth 

avenue. 

3d.  Beginning  at  the  foot  of  North  Moore  street  on  the 
North  river,  and  running  easterly  in  a  straight  line  to  the 
corner  of  Leonard  and  Church  streets ;  thence  northerly  to 
the  corner  of  Eighth  avenue  and  Twenty-second  street ;  thence 
westerly  along  Twenty-second  street  to  North  river ;  thence 
along  the  North  river  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

4th.  Beginning  at  the  corner  of  Leonard  and  Church  streets, 
running  northerly  in  a  straight  line  to  the  corner  of  Eighth 
avenue  and  Twenty-second  street;  thence  easterly  along 
Twenty-second  street  to  Lexington  avenue  ,*  thence  southerly 
in  a  straight  line  to  the  corner  of  Elm  and  Leonard  streets, 
and  thence  westerly  in  a  straight  line  to  the  corner  of  Church 
sAd  Leonard  streets. 

^5th.  Commencijig  at  the  corner  of  Elm  and  Leonard 
streets ;  thence  running  northerly  in  a  straight  line  to  the 
corner  of  Lexington  avenue  and  Twenty-second  street ;  thence 
easterly  along  Twenty-second  street  to  the  East  river ;  thence 
southerly  and  along  the  East  river  to  Fourteenth  street ; 
thence  southwesterly  in  a  straight  line  to  the  corner  of  Leonard 
and  Baxter  streets  ;  thence  westerly  in  a  straight  line  to  the 
place  of  beginning. 

6th.  Beginning  at  the  corner  of  Leonard  and  Baxter  streets, 
and  running  thence  easterly  in  a  straight  line  to  the  foot  of 
Market  street  and  East  river ;  thence  along  the  East  river  to 
Fourteenth  street;  thence  southwesterly  in  a  straight  line  to 
the  place  of  beginning. 

7th.  Beginning  at  the  foot  of  Market  street  and  East  river, 
and  running  westerly  in  a  straight  line  to  the  corner  of  Leonard 
and  Elm  streets ;  thence  southerly  along  a  straight  line  inter- 
secting Wall,  and  at  the  junction  of  Nassau,  Wall,  and  Broad 
streets,  and  ::ontinued  through  the  Battery  to  the  North  river. 

8th.  Beginning  at  the  foot  of  North  Moore  street.  North 
river,  and  running  easterly  in  a  straight  line  to  the  corner  of 
Leonard  and  Elm  streets ;  thence  southerly  along  a  straight 
line  intersecting  with  Wall  street,  at  the  junction  of  Nassau, 
Wall,  and  Broad  streets,  and  continued  through  the  Battery 
lo  the  North  river. 


STATION   HOUSES  MARKETS. 


59 


Telegrapli  Stations 

Are  established  at  most  of  the  Kaih-oad  Offices  and  large  Hotels. 

CHAEGE3  FOR  TELEGEAPHING. 

For  the  first  10  wordi— 


To  Hartford                       45  cents.  For  every  ex' 

To  Boston                         60  "  For  every  exi 

To  Montreal  $120  "  For  every  exi 

To  Cincinnati                 1  90  "  For  everv  exi 

To  Chicago                     2  05  "  For  eve; . 

To  Halifax                     3  30  "  For  every  exi 

To  San  Francisco             7  45  "  For  every  ext 


:tra  word   4  cents. 

:tra  word   6 

:tra  word   7 

tra  word   13 

tra  word   14 

tra  word   21 

:tra  word   57 


T'ae  charges  are  made  in  nearly  the  same  proportion  as  the  above  for  any  shorter  or 
longer  distances. 

No  charge  is  made  either  for  the  address  of  the  party  sending  a  message,  or  that 
of  the  party  to  whom  it  is  sent. 


Police  Station  Bouses. 

SuperintendenVs  Office,  300  Mulberry  utreet. 


Ist  Peecinct— 29  Broad. 


2d 

49  Beekman. 

18tH 

3d 

160  Chambers. 

19th 

4th 

9  Oak. 

20th 

5Ul 

49  Leonard. 

2l8t 

6tk 

9  Franklin. 

S2d 

247  Madison. 

23d 

Sth 

127  Wooster. 

24th 

9tt 

94  Charles. 

25th 

10th 

Essex  Market. 

26th 

llfh 

Union  Market. 

27th 

12th 

126  St.,  n.  3d  avenue. 

28th 

13th 

178  Delancey. 

29th 

Uth 

53  Spring.  ' 

30th 

15th 

221  Mercer. 

3l8t 

16th 

156  W.  20th  at. 

32d 

17tb  Peecinct — 1st  avenue,  c.  5th  at, 
163E.  22dst. 
E.  59th  St.,  n.  3d  av. 
352  W.  35th  St. 
120  E.  35th  St. 
845  W.  47  th  8t. 
E.  86th  St,  n,  4th  av. 
Police  Boat,  No.  1. 
300  Mulberry. 
City  Hall. 
117  Cedar. 
550  Greenwich. 
34,  E.  29th. 
Manhattanville. 
W.  86th,  Bloomingdale  Rd 
10th  av.,  c.  W.  52d  st. 


IVarkets. 


FuLTOy,  Fulton  st.,  E.  R. 
Washington,  Fulton  st.,  N.  R. 
Centrb,  Grand  and  Centre  sts. 
Catharine,  Catharine  St.,  E.  R. 
Tompkins,  ad  avenue  and  6th  st, 
EssKx,  Grand  and  Ludlow  sta. 
J«FFKR30N,  6th  av.,  c.  Greenwich  aventi«. 


f  RANKLIN,  Old  Slip,  E.  R. 
Greenwich,  West  and  Christopher  sts. 
Clinton,  Washington  and  Canal. 
Union,  Second  and  Houston  sts. 
Monroe,  Corlears,  u.  Monroe  st. 
GouvKRNKUR,  Water  street,  c.  Gouveruour 
street. 


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KAILROADS. 


RAILROAD  DEPOTS. 

FOR  PASSENGERS. 

Albany  aud  Intermediate  Places :  via  Hudson  river  rait 
road:  Chambers  St.,  c.  Hudson;  Canal  St.,  c.  West;  and 
Thirty-first  St.,  n.  Tenth  av. 

Albany  and  Intermediate  Places,  via  Harlem  railroad' 
Twenty-sixth  st.  and  Fourth  av. ;  and  Centre,  c.  of  White  st. 

Boston,  via  New  Haven  and  Hartford  :  Twenty-seventh  st. 
and  Fourth  av. ;  No.  412  Broadway,  n.  Canal  st. 

Boston,  via  Fall  River :  steamboat  rou-te  (from  pier  No. 
3,  N.  R.,  near  the  Battery)  to  Fall  River,  where  the  railroad 
commences. 

Boston,  via  Stonington  and  Providence :  steamboat  route, 
from  foot  of  Cortlandt  street  to  Allen's  Point,  near  Norwich, 
thence  by  railroad. 

Buffalo,  Dunkirk,  and  the  West,  via  Erie  railroad: 
foot  of  Duane  st. 

Easton  :  by  ferry,  from  foot  of  Cortlandt  st.  to  Jersey  city, 
where  the  railroad  commences. 

Geeenport,  and  all  the  places  on  Long  Island:  from 
Jjj^uth  ferry,  Brooklyn. 

Newark,  Paterson,  and  Morristown  railroads :  foot 
of  Cortlandt  st. 

Philadelphia,  Washington,  and  all  southern  and  south- 
western places  :  foot  of  Cortlandt  street  ferry  to  Jersey  city, 
thence  by  railroad. 

Philadelphia,  via  South  Amboy:  by^<  steamer  from 
Battery  to  South  Amboy,  thence  by  railroad. 

CITY  RAILROADS. 

Second  Avenue, 

From  Peck  slip  Arough  South  st.  to  Oliver,  to  Chatham,  to  Bowery,  to  Grand,  to 
Chrystie,  to  2d  avenue,  to  Harlem.  Returning  through  '2d  av.,  to  23d  Bt.,  to  Ist  av.,  to 
Allen  St.,  to  Grand,  to  Bowery,  to  Chatham,  to  Pearl,  to  Peck  slip. 

Third  Avenue. 

From  Astor  House  through  Park  Row  to  Chatham,  to  Bowery,  to  3d  av.,  to  Harlem 
Bridge.    Returning  by  the  same  route. 

Fourtli  Avenue. 

From  Astor  House  to  Centre  st.,  to  Grand,  to  Bowery,  to  4th  av.,  to  £.  32d.  Returning 
through  4th  av.  to  Bowery,  to  Broome,  to  Centre,  to  Astor  House. 

Sixth  Avenue. 

From  Broadway  c.  Vesey  st.  to  Church,  to  Chambers,  to  West  Broadway,  to  Canal,  to 
Varick,  to  Carmine,  to  6th  av.,  to  West  59th  st.   Retttrning  by  the  same  route. 


RAILROADS.  61 

Seventli  Avenue. 

From  Broadway  c.  Barclay  st.  to  Church,  to  Greene,  to  8th,  to  University  place,  i» 
{roadway,  to  7th  av,,  to  59tn.  Returning  59th  to  7th  av.,  to  Broadway,  to  University 
lace,  to  Wooster,  to  Canal,  to  West  Broadway  to  Barclay,  to  Broadway. 

£iglitli  Avenue. 

From  Broadway  c.  Vesey  st.  to  Church,  to  Chambers,  to  West  Broadway,  to  Canal,  to 
[  dson,  to  8th  av.,  to  W.  84th  st.    Returning  by  the  same  route. 

Nintli  Avenue. 

From  Broadway  c.  Barclay  st.  to  Church,  to  Chambers,  to  West  Broadway,  to  Canal, 
ad  from  Battery  place  to  Greenwich,  to  9th  av.,  to  W  54th.  Returning  through  9th 
V.  to  Washington,  to  Canal,  to  Weal  Broadway,  to  Barclay  and  Broadway. 

West  43d  and  Orand  Street  Ferry. 

From  foot  of  West  42d  st.  to  10th  av.,  to  W.  34th,  to  Broadway,  E.  23d,  to  4th  av.,  ta 
.  14th,  to  avenue  A,  to  E.  Houston,  to  Cannon,  to  Grand  st.  Ferry.  Returning  through 
rand  to  Goerck,  to  E.  Houston,  to  av.  A.,  to  K  14th,  to  4ih  av.,  to  E.  23d,  to  Broadway, 
.  W.  34th,  to  10th  av.,  to  W.  4-2d. 

Central  Park,  Nortli  and  East. 

Western  Division. 

From  South  Ferry  to  Whitehall  st.,  to  Battery  place,  to  West,  to  10th  av.,  to  W.  59tb 
5th  av.   Returning  by  the  same  route. 

Eastern  Division. 

From  South  Ferry  to  Front  st.,  to  Old  Slip,  to  South,  to  Mentgomery,  to  Jackson,  t© 
onroe,  to  Grand,  to  Goerck,  to  E.  Houston,  to  2d  av.,  to  E.  14th,  to  4th  av.,  to  E.  23d,  to 
roadway,  to  W.  34th,  to  10th  av.,  to  foot  of  W.  42d  strest. 


OMNIBUSES 

Pass  through  Broadway  and  many  of  the  avenues  to  the 
fouth  ferry.  Also  several  lines  run  from  Fulton,  Wall, 
rrand,  Cortlandt,  Barclay,  and  Canal  street  ferries,  to  the 
pper  part  of  the  city  or  across  it.    Fare,  ten  cents. 


CARTMEN. 

The  prices  that  cartmen  can  legally  charge,  are  for  ordinary 
)ads  75  cents.  For  houseyVold  furniture,  loose,  75  cents, 
'or  loading,  unloading,  and  housing  furniture  in  the  removal 
f  families,  extra  per  load,  95  cents.  Bedding  tied  up  in 
hests,  trunks,  and  boxes,  per  load,  93  cents.  Provided 
'hen  the  distance  exceeds  half  a  mile,  and  is  within  a  mile, 
ne  third  more  may  be  charged,  and  in  the  same  proportion 
)r  any  greater  distance.  If  a  cartman  charges  more  than  the 
iiw  allows  him,  he  can  not  collect  anything  for  his  services. 
!l  cartman  is  not  obliged  to  deliver  goods  transported  by  him 
ntil  his  legal  charge  is  paid,  but  can  convey  them  to  the 
ffice  of  the  chief  of  police,  who  will  adjust  all  disputes.  Cart- 
len  must  obtain  a  license,  and  have  their  numbers  distinctly 
ainted  on  their  carts,  before  commencing  business. 


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JERSEY  CITY  HOBOKEN. 


PUBLIC  PORTERS. 

Every  porter  must  procure  a  license,  and  shall  wear  in  a 
conspicuous  place  about  his  person,  a  brass  plate  or  badge, 
on  which  shall  be  engraved  his  name,  the  word  public  porter^ 
and  the  number  of  his  license. 

Rates  for  conveying  any  article  any  distance  within  half  a  ^  , 
mile,  12  cents,  if  carried  by  hand,  and  25  cents  if  carried  on  a  Un- 
cart ;  if  the  distance  exceeds  half  a  mile,  and  is  within  one  mile, 
one  half  of  the  above  rates  may  be  added  thereto,  and  in  the 
same  proportion  for  any  greater  distance.    No  charge  can  be 
collected  if  a  greater  sum  is  demanded. 

A  fine  of  $25  is  imposed  upon  any  person  representing 
himself  as  a  public  porter  without  having  a  license,  or  wear 
ing  a  porter's  plate  or  badge. 


JERSEY  CITY. 

This  city  is  pleasantly  situated  on  the  right  bank  of  the  Hudson,  op- 
posite the  city  of  New  York  (in  the  state  of  New  Jersey),  and  one  mile 
distant,  with  which  it  is  connected  with  several  ferries,  and  is  the  com- 
mencement and  terminus  of  several  important  railroads,  connecting  it 
with  all  the  southern  and  western  cities  of  the  Union.  It  is  largely  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  iron,  flint  glass,  pottery,  starch,  <fcc.  Tlie 
Cunard  (British)  Steamship  Company  have  their  wharf  and  storehouses 
here.  The  city  has  increased  rapidly  in  population  within  the  last  ten 
years,  is  regularly  laid  out,  and  supplied  with  water  from  the  Passaic  river, 
nine  miles  distant,  and  contains  many  elegant  private  residences.  It  is 
well  supplied  with  churches  and  literary  institutioftp. 


HOBOKEN. 

A  DELIGHTFUL  City  lying  directly  north  of  Jersey  city,  and  oppo- 
site the  city  of  New  York,  is  well  situated  for  private  residences  of  mer- 
chants and  others  doing  business  in  the  neighboring  metropolis.  It  is 
chiefly  notfid  as  a  place  of  resort  and  recreation  for  the  citizens  of  New 
York,  and  for  the  unrivalled  scenery  in  its  vicinity.  It  is  connected  with 
New  York  by  several  steam  ferries.  It  has  a  number  of  churches  and 
othsr  public  buildings. 


HACKNEY  COACH  FARES. 


HACKNEY  COACH  FARES, 

AS  ESTABLISHED  BT  LAW. 

CIETAitCSS. 

t  exceeding  1  mile  -  -  -  -  S  50  $  37  J 
Exceeding  1  mile  and  not  exceeding  2  -        75  37  J 

'o  New  Almshouse  and  returning      -     1  00  50 
'o  40th  St.  and  remaining  half  an  hour 

and  returning   1  50  50 

'o  61st  St.  and  remaining  three  quarters 
of  an  hour  and  returning  -       -       -     2  00  50 
0  86th  St.  and  remaining  one  hour  and 

returning   2  50  75 

?o  Harlem  and  remaining  three  hours  ] 

and  returning   5  00    No  extra 

0  High  Bridge  and  remaining  three  charge  for 

hours  and  returning  -      -      -      -     5  00  [  one  or  more 
To  King's  Bridge  and  remaining  three      -  passengers, 
hours  and  returning        -      -      -     5  00  J 
For  the  use  of  a  coach  by  the  day,  with  one  or  more  passen-  ^ 
:ers,  S5. 

For  the  use  of  a  coach  by  the  hour,  with  one  or  more  pas- 
engers,  with  privilege  of  going  from  place  to  place,  and 
topping  as  often  as  may  be  required,  SI  per  hour. 

In  all  cases  where  the  hiring  of  a  coach  is  not  at  the  time 
hereof  specified  to  be  by  the  day  or  hour,  it  shall  be  deemed 
0  be  by  the  mile. 

For  children  between  two  and  fourteen  years  of  age,  half 
jrice  only  is  to  be  charged,  and  for  those  under  two  years  no 
harge  is  to  be  made. 

The  baggage  to  be  taken  vjvithout  charge  with  each  passen- 
:er,  is  one  trunk,  valise,  saddle-bag,  carpet-bag,  portmanteau, 
i)r  box,  if  he  be  requested  so  to  do,  but  for  any  trunk  or  other 
uch  article  above  named,  more  than  one  for  each  passenger 
;ix  cents  can  be  charged. 

In  case  of  disagreement  as  to  distance  or  price,  the  same 
;hall  be  determined  by  the  mayor  or  superintendent  of  coaches. 

No  charge  can  be  made  unless  the  number  of  the  carriage 
s  placed  on  the  outside  and  the  rates  of  fare  in  a  conspicuous 
Dlace  inside  said  carriage. 

If  more  than  the  legal  rates  are  asked,  nothing  can  be  col- 
ected  for  services 

A  violation  of  this  ordinance  subjects  the  offender  to  a  fine 
ofSlO. 


64 


GENERAL  INFORMATION. 


GENERAL  INFORHATION. 


Academy  of  Design  (National), 
58  East  13th  8t. 

Aged  Indigent  Female  Society, 
139  East  20th  st. 

Almshouse,  Blackwell's  Island. 

American  Anti-Slavery  Sociey, 
138  Nassau. 

American  Baptist  Home  Miss. 
Society,  132  Nassau. 

American  Bible  Society,  4th  av. 
an   Astor  Place. 

Amer.  Bible  Union,  350  Broome. 

American  Board  of  Commission- 
ers FOR  Foreign  Missions, 
Bible  House,  Astor  place. 

Amer.  Congregational  Union, 
348  Broadway. 

Amer,  Geographical  and  Statis 
TiCAL  Society,  University  Build- 
inp:,  Un.versity  place. 
•i» American  Home  Mission  Society, 
Bible  House,  Astor  place. 

American  Institute,  351  Broad- 
way. 

American  Missionary  Associa- 
tion, 48  Beekman. 

American  Museum,  Broadway, 
Ann  St. 

American  Seamen's  Friend  So- 
ciety, 80  Wall. 

Amer.  Sunday  School  Union, 
599  Broadway. 

American  Temperance  Union, 
o  Beck  man. 

Amek.  Tract  Society,  150  Nassau. 

Amkr.  and  Foreign  Christian 
Union,  156  Chambers. 

American  and  Foreign  Bible 
Society,  116  Nassau. 

Apprentices'  Libraby,  472  Broad- 
way. 

Arsenal  of  the  State  of  New 
YoKK.  5th  av,  and  65th  st. 

Arsenal  (City),  Elm,  c.  White. 

Assay  Office,  20  Wall. 

Astor  Library,  Lafayette  place, 
n.  Broadway. 

Baptist  Historical  Society,  115 
Nassau. 

Board  of  Domestic  Missions  of^ 
DurcH  Reformed  Church,  337 
n  road  way. 


Board  of  Publications  of  Dutch 
Reformed  Church,  337  Broad- 
way. 

Brooklyn  Athenaeum,  Atlantic,  c. 
Clinton. 

Brooklyn  Lyceum,  Washington, 

c.  Concord. 
Brooklyn  Postoffice,  Fulton,  c. 

Sands. 

Central    Education  Society, 

Bible  House. 
Children's  Aid  Society,  Clinton 

Hall,  Astor  place. 
City  Hospital,  323  Broadway,  op. 

Pearl. 

City  Prison  (Tombs),  Centre,  c. 

Fi-anklin. 
City  Sunday  School  Society  of 

M.  E.  Church,  199  Mulberry. 
Colonization    Society,  Bible 

House,  Astor  place. 
Colored  Home,  Ist  av.  and  64th  sL 
Colored  Orphan,  5th  av.  and  42d 

street. 

Columbia  College,  4th  av.  and 

50th  St. 

Congregational     Union,  348 

Broadway. 
Cooper  Instivute,  4th  av.  and  8th 

street. 

Debtors*  Prison,  22  Eldridge. 
Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary,  2d  av. 

and  13th  st. 
Female  Missionary  Society  of 

M.  E.  Church,  200  Mulberry. 
Five  Points  House  of  Industry, 

155  Worth. 
Free  Academy,  23  Lexington  av. 
Gallery  of  Fine  Arts,  2d  av.  and 

11th  St. 

General  Society  of  Mechanics 

AND  Tradesmen,  472  Broadway. 
Geographical  and  Statistical 

Society,    University  Building, 

University  place. 
HoFSE  AND  School  of  Industry, 

100  West  16th  St. 
House  of  Refuge,  Randall's  Isl'd. 
Home  for  the  Friendless,  32 

East  .30th  St. 
Irish    Emigrant    Society,  51 

Chambers  st 


GENERAL  INFORMATION. 


65 


..ADiEs'  Home  Mission  of  M.  E. 
Chuech,  200  Mulberry. 

Leake  and  Watts  Orphan  Asy- 
lum, 111th  St.  and  8th  av. 

Lodging  House  for  Newsboys, 
128  Fulton. 

Lunatic  Asylum,  117th  st.  n.  10th 
avenue. 

Lyceum  of  Natural  History, 
,  Medical  College,  lith  street,  n.  3d 
avenue. 

L,ying-in-Hospital,  85  Marion. 

VLlgdalen  Female  Benevolent 
Society.  10th  av.  and  88th  st. 

VIarine  Temperance  Society  of 
Port  of  New  York,  190  Cherry. 

^Iariners'  Family  Industrial  So- 
ciety, 322  Pearl. 

>Iechanics'  Institute,  20  4th  av. 

►Iechanics  and  Tradesmen's  So- 
ciety, 472  Broadway  and  32 
Crosby. 

►Iethodist  Book  Concern,  200 

iMul  berry. 
Mercantile    Library.  Clinton 

Hall,  Astor  place. 
rlissioNARY   Society  of  M.  E. 

Church,  200  Mulberry. 

(VRSERY    FOR    PoOR  CHILDREN, 

223  6th  av. 

iKw  York  Association  for  Im- 
proving THE  Condition  of  the 
Poor.  Bible  House,  Astor  place. 

Iew  York  Bible  Society,  7 
Beekman. 

Iew  York  Bible  and  Common 
Prayer  Book  Society,  55  East 
13th  St. 

Jew  York  City  Temperance  iiL- 

LiANCE,  114  Grand. 
Iew  York  City  Tract  Society, 

Nassau,  c.  Spruce. 
Jew  York  City  Sunday  School 

of  M.  E.  Church,  200  Mulberry. 
Jew  York  Historical  Society, 

University  Buildings. 
Jew  York  Marine  Bible  So- 
^  ciety,  50  Wall. 

i'ew  York  Port  Society  for  pro- 
motion of  the  Gospel  among 

^  Seamen,  80  Wall. 

lEw  York  Sunday  School 
Union,  599  Broadway. 

:ew  York  Typographical  So- 
asTY,  3  Chambers. 


New  York  University,  Woostei 
St.,  c.  Waverley  place. 

New  York  WoxMan's  Hospital, 
83  Mndison  av. 

New  York  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association,  Clinton  Hall, 
Astor  place. 

New  York  Orphan  Asylum, 
Bloomingdale  and  71st  st. 

Penitentiary,  Blackwell's  Island. 

Presbyterian  Domestic  Mission 
Society,  23  Centre. 

Presbyterian  Education  So- 
ciETY;  23  Centre. 

Presbyterian  Foreign  Mission 
Society,  23  Centre. 

Presbyterian  Publication  So- 
ciety, 23  Centre. 

Prison  Association  of  New 
York,  15  Centre. 

Protestant  Episcopal  Dombstc 
Mission  Society,  Bible  House, 
Astor  place. 

Protestant  Episcopal  Foreign 
Mission  Society,  Bible  House, 
Astor  place. 

Protestant  Episcopal  Sunday 
School  and  Church  Book  So- 
ciety, 637  Broadway. 

Protestant  Episcopal  Tract  So- 
ciety. .55  East  13th  st. 

Protestant  Half  Orphan  Asy- 
lum, 142  Sixth  av. 

Roman  Catholic  Half  Orphan 
Asylum,  Mott,  c.  Prince. 

Rutgers  Female  Institute,  5th 
avnue  and  42d  street. 

Public  School  Society,  Grand, 
c.  Elm. 

Sailors'  Home,  190  Cherry. 

Sailors'  Snug  Harbor,  Office, 
115  Wall. 

Seventh  Day  Baptist  Mission 
SoC'Ety,  9  Spruce. 

Seventh  Day  Baptist  Publica- 
tion Society,  9  Spruce  sr. 

Stuyvesant  Institute,  659  Broad- 
way. 

Surrogate's  Offices.  Times 
Building.  Register's  Offi- 
ces, 1  and  2  Hall  of  Records. 

Tract  Society  of  Methodist 
Episcopal  Ch.,  200  Mulberry. 

Union  Theological  Seminabt, 
9  University  place. 


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ISLANDS  AROUND  NEW  YOKK. 


ISLANDS  IN  THE  VICINITY  OF  NEW  YORK.  J 

Staten  Island  is  situated  in  New  York  bay,  five  and  a  t- 
half  miles  southwest  from  the  city.    It  is  fourteen  miles  long,  i 
and  averaj^es  six  miles  broad,  and  is  separated  from  New 
Jersey  by  Staten  Island  sound,  and  from  Long  Island  by  the 
NaiTows,  forming  the  county  of  Richmond  and  the  southern  \ 
extremity  of  the  state.    From  the  summit  of  Richmond  Hill,  .J^ 
wJiich  rises  three  hundred  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea  7 
a  splendid  view  is  had  of  the  surrounding  country,  including 
a  wide  expanse  of  the  Atlantic  Ocean.    The  higher  per-  ^ 
tion  of  the  island  is  occupied  with  many  splendid  mansions, 
and  surrounded  with  the  most  enchanting  scenery.    Several  ! 
steam-ferries  connect  the  island  with  New  York. 

Port  Richmond  is  situated  on  the  north  side  of  Staten  ? 
Island,  nine  miles  southwest  of  New  York.    It  contains  an  ' 
extensive  granite  quarry,  and  about  eight  hundred  inhabitants. 
Steamboats  leave  Whitehall  slip  hourly  during  the  day.  Fare  i'^ 
12  cents.  I" 

New  Brighton  is  five  and  a  half  miles  from  New  York,  ? 
is  beautifully  situated,  and  is  a  faA^orite  resort  during  the  sum- 
mer  months.    Fare  from  Whitehall  slip  12  cents. 

Clifton  is  well  situated  on  the  east  part  of  Staten  Island,  1' 
and  is  the  residence  of  merchants  doing  business  in  New  York. 
Fare  from  Whitehall  slip  12  cents.  c 

Factoryville. — This  thriving  village  is  situated  on  the  t. 
north  side  of  Staten  Island,  six  miles  from  New  York,  with  I 
which  it  is  connected  with  a  steam-ferry  from  Whitehall. 

Coney  Island,  town  of  Gravesend,  King's  county,  New  •' 
York,  is  eleven  and  a  half  miles  south  of  New  York.    It  is 
washed  by  the  Atlantic,  and  is  a  fashionable  watering-place 
during  the  summer  months,  having  a  fine  sandy  beach  well 
adapted  for  bathing.    The  island  is  ten  and  a  half  miles  long,  } 
with  an  average  of  about  one  mile  broad.    From  Fulton  ( 
ferry,  Brooklyn,  stages  run  to  the  island  several  times  each  \ 
day.    Fare,  38  cents.  ] 

Governor's  Island  is  situated  in  the  harbor  of  New  York;  i 
3,200  feet  south  of  the  Battery,  and  contains  seventy  acres  of 
ground  belonging  to  the  United  States.    It  contains  Castle  ; 
Williams  on  the  northwest  point  of  the  island,  a  round  tower  ( 
six  hundred  feet  in  circumference  and  sixty  feet  high.    Fort  : 
Columbus,  on  the  «ummit  of  the  island,  in  the  form  of  a  star, 
mounting  heavy  annon.    There  are  extensive  barracks,  with  , 
houses  for  the  officers,  occupied  by  a  small  garrison.  Access 
to  the  island  is  had  by  small  boats  from  foot  of  Whitehall  st- 


CEMETEHIES. 


67 


Bedlow's  Island  lies  in  New  York  bay,  2,953  yards  from 
►lie  Battery.  It  is  owned  by  the  United  States,  on  which 
there  is  a  small  fortification  called  Fort  Wood. 

Ellis'  Island  lies  between  the  Battery  and  Bedlow^s  Island, 
2025  yards  southwest  of  the  Battery.  It  contains  Fort  Gib- 
son, and  belongs  to  the  United  States  government. 

Blackwell's  Island  is  located  in  the  East  river,  extend- 
ing from  Fiftieth  to  Eighty-fourth  street.  Upon  the  island 
the  following  institutions  are  located  under  the  superintend- 
ence of  the  ten  governors  :  The  almshouse,  almshouse  hospi- 
tal, penitentiary  hospital.  New  York  city  smallpox  hospital, 
workhouse,  city  penitentiary,  and  New  York  lunatic  asylum. 
Permits  to  visit  the  institution  must  be  obtained  at  the  Ro- 
tunda, Park.  Route  by  Second  or  Third  avenue  railroad  to 
Sixty-first  street,  and  ferry  (free)  to  the  island. 

Ward's  Island  is  located  above  Blackwell's  Island 
(owned  by  the  city),  extending  from  101st  to  115th  streets. 
It  is  used  by  the  commissioners  of  emigration  for  the  tem- 
porary accommodation  of  poor  or  sick  emigrants.  A  part  of 
the  island  is  used  for  the  New  York  city  cemetery,  or  potters- 
field.  Route  by  the  Second  and  Third  avenue  railroads  to 
106th  street,  and  ferry  (free)  to  the  island. 

Randall's  Island  is  likewise  located  in  the  East  river, 
extending  from  116th  to  129th  streets,  and  is  owned  by  the 
city.  The  following  institutions  are  located  on  the  island  • 
The  house  of  refuge,  almshouse  nursery  department,  and 
nursery  hospital.  Route  by  Second  or  Third  avenue  railroads 
to  122d  street,  and  ferry  (free)  to  the  island. 


CEM.BTERIES. 

Greenwood  Cemetery  is  three  and  a  half  miles  from 
Fulton  ferry,  and  lies  mostly  within  the  limits  of  Brooklyn  ou 
Gowanus  heights,  an  elevated  ridge  of  land  overlooking  the 
bay  and  harbor  of  New  York,  Staten  Island,  the  North  and 
East  rivers,  and  the  Atlantic  ocean,  from  Sandy  Hook  to  the 
pavilion  at  Rockaway. 

The  cemetery  contains  three  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  and 
the  roadways  extend  fifteen  miles  in  length.  The  grounds 
are  beautifully  undulating  and  diversified,  presenting  a  con- 
tinual change  of  surface  and  sc^ery,  and  are  well  suited  to 
the  purpose  for  which  they  are  appropriated.  Visiters  are 
admitted  daily,  except  Sundays  andholydays  (at  the  south  en- 
trance), from  sunrise  to  sunset.  Fare  in  the  cars  which  run 
from  the  Fulton  and  South  ferries  during  the  day,  5  cents. 


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CEMETERIBS. 


Cypress  Hills  Cemetery  lies  about  five  miles  east  ol 
Peck  slip  ferry,  Brooklyn.  The  site  is  well  chosen,  being 
beyond,  yet  convenient  to  the  busy  haunts  of  life.  It  is  pe 
cuiiarly  favored  by  nature  for  the  purpose,  the  grounds  being 
admirably  adapted  to  its  use  by  its  undulating  surface.  It  con- 
tains four  hundred  acres,  and  can  be  enlarged  when  it  becomes 
necessary.  From  the  hill  on  which  the  observatory  is  situ- 
ated, a  splendid  view  is  had  of  the  ocean  and  surrounding 
country. 

The  Long  Island  railroad  cars  stop  near  the  cemetery,  and 
likewise  the  C}'press  Hills  plank  road  from  Grand  street  ferry 
leads  directly  to  the  west  end  or  funeral  entrance.   Fare  12  cts. 

Cemetery  of  the  Evergreens. — This  beautiful  cemetery, 
vini;  in  the  easterly  part  of  the  city  of  Brooklyn,  comprises 
one  hundred  and  twelve  acres.  The  grounds  are  finely  lo- 
cated, and  the  scenery  within  and  around  it  presents  many 
charming  views  of  the  cities  of  New  York,  Brooklyn,  and 
more  distant  villages.  Four  miles  of  a  roadway  are  already 
completed.  It  can  be  visited  by  taking  the  Williamsburgh 
plank  road  at  the  corner  of  Cooper  avenue.  The  cemetery 
is  open  every  day  in  the  week. 

Citizens'  Union  Cemetery  is  situated  four  miles  from 
Fulton  ferry,  in  the  ninth  ward  of  the  city  of  Brooklyn.  It 
comprises  twenty-nine  acres  and  is  well  laid  out.  The  trus- 
tees have  no  rule  which  exclude  any  person  from  sepulchre 
within  it  borders  an  account  of  complexio5i.  The  trustees, 
with  commendable  liberality,  proffer  ground  for  a  burial  free 
to  the  poor,  the  only  charges  made  being  for  opening  and 
closing  the  ground. 

New  York  Bay  Cemetery. — This  cemetery  lies  in  the 
town  of  Bergen,  Hudson  county,  New  Jersey,  two  and  a  half 
miles  below  Jersey  city,  on  the  west  bank  of  New  York  bay. 
It  contains  one  hundred  and  six  acres  of  land,  is  well  laid 
out  and  from  its  more  elevated  portions  a  s^^lendid  view  is 
had  of  New  York  bay  and  the  ocean. 

Fare  by  stage  from  Jersey  city,  12  cents. 

Calvary  Cemetery,  containing  seventy-five  acres,  adjoin 
mg  "Williamsburgh  on  the  north,  is  accessible  from  foot  of 
Twenty-third  street.  East  river.  It  is  used  by  the  Roman 
C'^.tholio  church  for  interments. 


BROOKLYN. 


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«  BROOKLYN. 

11^  This  beautiful  city  is  situated  at  the  west  end  of  Long  Island,  opposite 
to,  and  southwesterly  of  the  city  of  New  York,  and  divided  from  it  by  the 
P^ast  river,  an  arm  of  the  sea  connecting  the  bay  of  New  York  with  Long 

1  Island  Sound.    It  is  connected  with  New  York  by  twelve  ferries,  upon 

'^5'  which  commodious  steamboats  ply  every  few  minutes  day  and  night. 

ifj  From  its  elevated  and  beautiful  situation  it  has  become  a  favorite  resi- 

IU_  jence  of  many  merchants  and  others  doing  business  in  New  York. 
Beiu?  considerably  elevated  above  tide- water,  and  open  on  all  sides  to 

^  the  free  circulation  of  air,  its  atmosphere  is  pure  and  bracing.  This 
"  city  of  churches"  has  probably  a  larger  number  of  places  for  reli- 

13  gious  worship  in  proportion  to  its  population  than  any  other  city  in  the 

^  Union. 

History  and  Population. — The  first  European  that  settled  here  was 
George  Jansen  de  Rosselye,  a  Hollander,  in  the  year  1625.    In  1707  there 
y  was  fifty-eight  freeholders  ;  in  1800  they  had  only  increased  to  eighty-five. 

In  1810  the^population  was  4,402  •  1820,  7.175  ;  1830,  15,396  ;  1840,  36,233  ; 
"  1850,  96,850,    It  was  consolidated  with  Williamsburgh  and  the  town  of 
>  Bushwick,  January  1,  1855,  which  makes  it  the  third  city  in  the  Union 
7  in  point  of  population.    Population  in  1855,  205,250.  1860,  266,664. 
j      Williamsburgh.— This  rapidly  increasing  place,  in  population  and 
wealth,  is  beautifully  situated  on  ground  gradually  rising  from  the  river 
J  which  separates  it  from  New  York.    A  ferry  was  established  here  in 
il  1817,  and  from  that  time  its  growth  was  gradual,  until  within  fifteen  years. 
It  was  incorporated  a  village  in  1827,  and  as  a  city  in  1851,  and  consoli- 
dated with  Brooklyn  in  1855.    Most  of  the  merchants  and  artisans  re- 
siding here  are  engaged  in  business  in  New  York,    It  is  connected  with 
New  York  by  several  excellent  ferries.    Back  of  the  town  are  several 
pleasant  drives  to  the  seashore  and  various  :>oints  on  Long  Island. 

The  Navy- Yard  at  Brooklyn,  the  most  extensive  naval  department  in 
Uie  United  States,  is  situated  on  the  south  side  of  the  Wallabout  bay,  at 
the  northeastern  part  of  the  city,  and  contains  forty-five  acres  of  land. 
It  is  enclosed  by  a  substantial  brick  wall  on  the  land  side  ;  and  on  the 
left  hand,  as  you  enter  its  gate,  there  is  a  beautiful  flower-garden,  most 
tastefully  arranged.  The  spacious  yard  alfords  suflScient  room  for  the 
residence  of  the  officers,  machine  shops,  storehouses,  &c.  The  most 
conspicuous  buildings  are  two  large  edifices,  250  feet  long  by  125  feet 
wide,  and  120  feet  high,  capable  of  containing  the  largest  ships-of-war 
while  being  built.  In  time  of  pveace  several  national  vessels  are  usually 
to  be  seen  here,  either  laid  up  or  undergoing  repairs.  A  vast  amount 
of  cannon,  cannon-balls,  and  all  kinds  of  munitions  of  war,  is  always  on 
band  at  this  naval  depot. 

The  Dry  Dock  at  the  navy-yard  is  capable  of  receiving  the  largest 
ehips  of-war.  It  is  a  magnificent  work,  unequalled  by  any  of  the  kind  in 
America,  and  scarcely  surpassed  by  any  m  the  world.  The  foundation 
is  406  feet  long  by  120  wide.  The  main  chamber,  or  basin,  is  286  fee' 
long  by  30  wide  at  the  bottom,  and  307  feet  long  and  98  wide  at  the  top 
The  weight  of  the  iron  folding-gates  is  150  tons.  Pumps  discharge  40,000 
gallons  per  minute.  The  engine-house  is  a  fireproof  building  containing 
machinery  the  most  perfect  in  the  world.  The  whole  was  sixteen  years 
in  b-^ing  constructed,  before  completion. 

The  United  States  Naval  Lyceum,  situated  within  these  grounds, 
contains  many  interesting  objects  of  curiosity,  brought  home  by  officers 
of  the  navy.    It  is  open  to  visiters  free,  from  8,  A.  M.  to  3,  P.  M..  daily. 

The  Naval  Hospital  is  situated  at  the  Wallabout,  between  Brooklyn 
aud  Williamsburgh.  ' 


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HOTELS  IN  NEW  YORK. 


Hotels  in  New  York. 


Alleeton's,  E.  44th  st.,  n.  5th  avenae. 
Abtob  House,  Broadway,  c.  Vesey. 
Bancroft  House,  906  Broadway, 
Belmont,  133  Fulton. 
Bkandreth  House,  Broadway,  c.  Canal. 
Brevoort  House,  11  5th  avenue. 
Sull's  Head.  296  3d  avenue. 

LARENDON,  4th  av.,  c.  18th  at. 

'lermont,  144  Fulton. 
fouKTLANDT  STREET  HousE,  28  Courtlandt. 
Dey  Street  House,  58  Dey. 
Earlk's,  Centre,  c.  Canal. 
Everett  House,  4th  avenue,  c.  17th  st. 
Fifth  Avenue  Hotel,  5th  av.,  c.  23d  st. 
French's,  1  Chatham  st. 
GiRARD  House,  131  Chambers. 
Gramercy  Park,  E.  21st,  c.  Gramercy  Park. 
Hoffman  House,  Broadway,  c.  24th  st. 
Howard  House,  176  Broadway. 
International,  367  Broadway. 
Lafarge  House,  676  Broadway. 
LiBBV  House,  58  Warren. 
Lovejovs',  34  Park  Row. 
Madison  House,  55  Madison  avenue. 


Madison  Square,  Broadway,  E.  2l8l  st. 
Manhattan.  7  Murray. 
Merchants*,  41  Courilandt. 
Metropolitan,  580  Broadway. 
National,  5  Courtlandt. 
New  York,  721  Broadway. 
Pacific,  172  Greenwich. 
Park  Hotel,  Nassau,  c.  Beekman. 
Prescott  House,  531  Broad  way^ 
Power's  Hotel,  19  Park  Row. 
Putnam  County  House,  4th  av.,  c.  26th« 
St.  Denis,  Broadway,  c.  11th  Bt. 
St.  Germain,  5th  avenue,  c.  22d  at. 
St.  James's,  Broadway,  c.  26th  et. 
St.  Nicholas,  517  Broadway. 
Smithsonian,  606  Broadway. 
Stevens',  25  Broadway. 
SwEENKVs',  64  Chatham. 
Tammany,  166  Nassau. 
Union  Place,  860  Broadway. 
United  States,  200  Water. 
Warhinston,  1  Broadway. 
Waverley,  697  Broadway. 
Western,  13  Courtlandt. 


Amusements. 


Academy  of  Music,  99  E.  14th,  n.  4th  av. 
American  Museum,  218  Broadway,  c.  Ann. 
American  Theatre,  444  Broadway. 
Bowery  Theatre,  48  Bowery. 
Broadway  Theatre,  485  Broadway. 
Bryant's  Minstrels,  472  Broadway. 
Gallery  of  Painting,  625  Broadway. 


Irving  Hall,  9  Irving  place,  n.  4th  av. 
New  Bowery  Theatre,  82  Bowery. 
New  York  Stadt  Theatre,  37  Bowery. 
NiBLo's  Garden,  578  Broadway. 

Olympic  Theatre,  624  Broadway  

Wallack's  Theatre,  867  Broadway,  13tlv 
Winter  Garden,  514  Broadway. 


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